Meringue Bread Pudding Recipes

FRESH ORANGE BREAD PUDDING WITH MERINGUE TOPPING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Place the oranges and bread cubes in a 1-quart casserole dish; set aside.
• To make the custard, combine the sugar, cornstarch, and salt in a saucepan. Blend in egg yolks and 1/4 cup of the milk. mix in remaining milk stir and cook over very low heat until the custard coats metal spoon and is slightly thick (about 10 minutes).
• Add butter, orange peel, and vanilla; pour into casserole over the oranges and bread cubes. Place pan in hot water going 1/2 way up outside of casserole dish and bake at 325°F for 1 1/2 hours or until the pudding is firm in the center.
• Cover with meringue.
• For meringue, beat egg whites until they stand at soft peaks. Gradually beat in the sugar. Add the vanilla and spread over the cooked bread pudding.
• Return the pan to the oven and back into the pan of hot water. Bake 20 minutes or until the meringue is brown. Serve warm.

NEW ORLEANS BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine raisins and brandy. Bring to a boil. Remove from the heat; cover and set aside. Brush a shallow 2-1/2-qt. baking dish with 1 tablespoon butter; sprinkle with sugar and set aside., In a large bowl, combine the eggs, cream, brown sugar, vanilla, salt and nutmeg. Stir in remaining butter and reserved raisin mixture. Gently stir in bread; let stand for 15 minutes or until bread is softened. , Transfer to prepared dish. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean., For sauce, in a small saucepan, combine the brown sugar, cornstarch and salt; gradually add water. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in butter and vanilla. Serve with bread pudding.

RAISIN MERINGUE BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Toss the raisins with bread cubes; set aside.
• Combine brown sugar, salt, butter or margarine, vanilla, egg yolks and milk and beat until well-blended. Pour onto bread and raisins, toss to combine, and let sit for 1/2 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350. Grease an 8x8" baking dish, or spray with non-stick spray. You will also need a larger, shallow baking pan.
• Set the larger pan on the oven rack and place the 8x8 dish inside. Fill the outside pan to 1 inch deep with hot water.
• Bake for about 50 minutes, or until just barely firm. While baking, prepare orange meringue.
• Remove pudding from oven and spread with meringue, making sure you bring it to the edges. Return to the oven for 10 minutes or until meringue is lightly brown.
• ORANGE MERINGUE;
• Beat egg whites until fluffy. Gradually add the sugar, beating until stiff peaks form. Fold in grated orange peel. Spread on baked pudding.
• * If using raisin bread, cut back a bit on the raisins. Also,the original recipe called for 3 tbs. sugar in the meringue, which I found a bit sweet. I cut it down to about 2 1/2 tbs., use your personal taste.

MERINGUE BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cut the bread slices into 1 inch pieces. Pour milk into a large sauce pan over medium heat, add the bread pieces and 2 cups of the sugar and bring to the boil. Remove from heat.
• Beat the egg yolks and add the vanilla extract, gradually add about 1 cup of the hot milk to the egg yolks stirring continuously then add this back to the milk mixture and stir well. Pour into an oven proof dish and bake for 30 mnts.
• Remove from oven and reduce the heat to 250 degrees F. Warm the jam to be easier to spread, then spread it all over the top of the baked pudding.
• In a clean, dry deep bowl beat the egg whites till they are thick and opaque then start adding the remaining 1/2 cup sugar and continue beating till stiff.
• Spread the meringue all over the jam. Return to the oven for 30 minutes or till the meringue is lightly browned. Cool completely then refrigerate for several hours till chilled. Enjoy.