Spiced Pear Bread Pudding With Caramel Sauce For Two Recipes

PEAR BREAD PUDDING WITH CARAMEL SAUCE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Prepare a 9x9 baking pan with cooking spray; set aside.
• Cut English Muffins into 1-inch cubes and lightly toast. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl combine milk, egg yolks, whole eggs, cinnamon and sugar. Mix ingredients well; fold in diced pears.
• Add cubed muffin pieces to soak up the mixture.
• Pour melted butter into a 9×9 inch pan, coating the bottom. Spoon muffin pear mixture into the pan.
• Bake for 45 minutes or until set and browned.
• Dust with powdered sugar!
• Heat up the caramel sauce. Drizzle over the top; serve!

RIESLING BAKED PEARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Cut a thin slice off the bottom of each pear, so they will stand upright. Arrange the pears in a 9- to 10-inch pie pan or similar baking dish. Whisk wine and honey in a medium bowl until well blended; pour over the pears. Add cinnamon sticks, bay leaves and orange zest to the wine mixture around the pears.
• Roast the pears, basting every 15 minutes, until they are wrinkled and tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour, depending on the type of pear used.
• Use a slotted spoon to transfer the pears to shallow dessert bowls. Pour the wine mixture into a small saucepan; bring to a boil. Boil until slightly thickened, about 6 minutes. Drizzle over the pears and garnish with the cinnamon sticks, bay leaves and orange zest. Serve warm, at room temperature or chilled.

SPICED PEAR BREAD PUDDING WITH CARAMEL SAUCE FOR TWO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Combine water and 1/4 cup sugar in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring constantly, until dissolved and light brown in color, about 6 minutes. Pour into the bottoms of 2 custard cups; rotate cups to spread caramel across the bottoms.
• Arrange pear pieces over the caramel; top with walnuts. Sprinkle ginger, 1 pinch nutmeg, black pepper, cinnamon, and 1 pinch lemon peel on top.
• Heat milk and butter in a small saucepan over medium heat until butter is melted, about 1 minute. Remove from heat.
• Whisk egg, 2 tablespoons sugar, rum, 1/2 teaspoon lemon peel, and 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg in a bowl until well beaten. Stir in the milk mixture slowly; mix well. Stir in bread cubes; let soak for 5 minutes. Divide mixture between the prepared cups. Place cups in a baking pan; add hot tap water to come halfway up the sides of the cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until set, 35 to 45 minutes. Let cool until safe to handle, about 20 minutes.
• Run a sharp knife around the inside edge of the cooled puddings and invert onto small dessert plates.

BREAD PUDDING WITH CARAMEL RUM SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Spray a 13 by 9-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Tear brioche into 1-inch pieces and place in prepared dish.
• In a large bowl, combine milk, custard dessert mix, rum, eggs, and nutmeg. Whisk until well blended. Stir in nuts and raisins, if using. Pour over brioche; press down lightly on brioche to submerge into custard. Let stand for 10 minutes, or until brioche absorbs custard slightly. Bake for 50 minutes, or until top is golden brown and bread pudding puffs. Serve warm with Caramel Rum Sauce.
• Combine caramel sauce, cream, and rum in medium glass bowl. Heat in microwave for 45 seconds. Whisk to blend. Drizzle over bread pudding.

APPLE BREAD PUDDING WITH CARAMEL DESSERT SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9 by 13-inch baking dish with cooking spray or butter.
• In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the heavy cream, whole milk, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, vanilla and egg yolks and set aside.
• Add the cubed apples, pecans and cubed bread to the prepared baking dish and toss to combine. Pour the custard over the bread and apple pieces. Carefully toss to coat, making sure that the cubed bread is submerged in the custard, and let stand to allow the bread to soak up the custard, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Bake until the center has set, about 45 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes. Drizzle Caramel Dessert Sauce over the bread pudding. Serve with extra sauce and vanilla ice cream.
• In a heavy-bottomed saucepan, combine the sugar, butter, buttermilk and corn syrup. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat and cook for 1 minute. Remove from the heat and slowly add the baking soda (it will foam up), followed by the vanilla and cinnamon. The sauce will thicken as it cools. Serve warm.

PEAR BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, stir together the brown sugar, 1/4 cup white sugar, flour, cinnamon and salt. Mix in the butter and 1 tablespoon of vanilla just until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Set aside.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs, 1 cup white sugar, half-and-half, 1 teaspoon of vanilla, pear brandy and salt.
• Line the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish with a layer of bread. Top with a layer of pear. Pour about 1/4 of the custard over the layers followed by about 1/3 of the heavy cream. Sprinkle with some of the crumb topping. Repeat layers until you are out of ingredients, ending with the crumb topping on top. Press down on the layers as needed to help them absorb the liquid. Cover the pan with parchment paper then seal with aluminum foil. Place another baking pan on top or two dinner plates to keep it from puffing while it bakes.
• Place the pudding onto a larger pan or cookie sheet with sides. Pour boiling water into the bottom pan until it is half way full.
• Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven, then reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and continue baking for 25 minutes. Pudding is done when a knife inserted into the center comes out clean.

SPICED PEAR BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first seven ingredients. In a small bowl, whisk the eggs, pears, applesauce and oil. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened., Pour into four 5-3/4x3x2-in. loaf pans coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

PEAR BREAD PUDDING WITH CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat Oven to 275 Degrees.
• Cube English muffins into 1" pieces and layer evenly on a baking sheet. Place baking sheet in broiler to toast (remove from broiler when lightly toasted).
• In a large mixing bowl combine milk, eggs, egg yolks, and sugar. Once all ingredients are well incorporated fold in the pears. Finally add bread pieces allowing them to soak up milk mixture.
• Pour melted butter into bottom of a 9x9" pan, making sure in coats the bottom. Spoon bread mixture into the pan making sure to leave excess liquid in the bowl (to be used for sauce).
• Place pan in oven and allow to bake for 45 minute or until bread pudding has set and browned.
• For Caramel Cream Sauce:.
• In a heavy sauce pan combine the jar of Caramel sauce and the remaining milk mixture from the pudding . Warm over low/medium heat until well combined and warmed. (Don't bring to a rolling boil, simmering is ok).
• Pour Warm sauce over bread pudding and serve either warm or chilled.
• *for an extra twist you can also add dried berries (Blueberries/Raspberries) to the bread mixture for extra complexity and flavor.

CARAMEL PEAR PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to at 375°. In a large bowl, combine the first six ingredients; beat in milk until smooth. Stir in pears and pecans. Spoon into an ungreased 2-qt. baking dish. , In another bowl, combine the brown sugar, butter and water; pour over batter. Bake, uncovered, for 45-50 minutes. Serve warm, with ice cream or whipped cream if desired.

OLD FASHION BREAD PUDDING WITH CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• Place the bread cubes in a 9 x 13 buttered glass pan.
• Sprinkle the raisins over the bread.
• Drizzle on the melted butter, do not mix into the bread cubes and raisins.
• Set this aside.
• In a large bowl, beat eggs until broken up and blend in the sugars, nutmeg, half and half and the milk.
• DO NOT OVER BEAT THIS MIXTURE JUST COMBINE.
• Pour the mixture over the cubes and raisins and let it all soak in, gently patting the bread down into the milk every now and then.
• Sprinkle the top with a grating of more nutmeg.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Bake the pudding for 50 minutes, checking about the 40 minute mark, that its not getting too brown-- If it is cover with foil loosely.
• Bake until pudding is puffy all over and golden.
• Remove to rack to cool.
• Sauce-- In a saucepot over med.
• heat, melt the butter, and brown sugar.
• Bring to a boil, and remove from the heat.
• Whisk in the salt, vanilla, and milk.
• The sauce can be made ahead, then warmed in the microwave-- Cut cooled pudding into squares, and top each with hot sauce.

RUSTIC BREAD PUDDING WITH CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• Bread Pudding
• Grease a rectangular glass baking dish. (I used a narrow and deep 3 qt baker. A wider and shallower baker may require you to drop the cooking time by 10-15 minutes.)
• Spread the bread pieces evenly in the greased baking dish.
• Melt the 5 Tbsp of butter and set aside. (I use the microwave on a low power setting to avoid washing a saucepan.)
• In a 2-3 quart bowl, ideally with a pour spout, mix the eggs and sugar, then add in the milk, vanilla extract, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Finally mix in the melted butter.
• Gently pour the contents of the bowl over the bread. Use a wide spatula to press the bread downward to soak up more of the liquid.
• Cover and refrigerate for at least 12 hours, removing from the fridge at least once, partway through, in order to mix the bread, mash it down and break it up a little more.
• Preheat your oven to 350 F and remove the baking dish from the fridge. Mix, mash and break up the bread one last time before placing it in the preheated oven to bake.
• Bake for 50-60 minutes, covering with foil for the final 15 minutes if the bread pudding seems to be getting too toasted.
• Let it cool at least 20 minutes before serving with the caramel sauce below, ice cream, or whipped cream.
• Caramel Sauce
• In a small saucepan, boil the butter, brown sugar, water, and salt for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Remove from heat, and add the vanilla extract and 4-6 oz of evaporated milk until you reach slightly less than the thickness you prefer. (The caramel sauce will thicken a bit more as it cools.) I used 6 ounces of evaporated milk. If I were adding bourbon, I would use less evaporated milk.
• Pour or funnel the sauce into a jar. This will keep in the fridge for up to a week. Extra sauce can be frozen in a plastic container.