Ingredients:
2 cups milk
5 tablespoons butter
1/2 large loaf of stale French bread torn in small pieces
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup whiskey (or rum)
1/2 cup raisins (soaked in whiskey for 2 hours)
1/2 cup powdered sugar
Preparation:
- Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C) .
- Scald the milk, add the butter and pour hot liquid over the bread cubes - soak about 5 minutes then add sugar, eggs, whiskey and spices. Add the raisins.
- Pour mixture into buttered baking dish. Set the dish in a pan of hot water and bake until knife inserted in the center comes out clean, or one hour.
- Topping: in a saucepan over low heat, add in 3 tablespoons of butter and let melt. Whisk in sugar until dissolved. Remove from heat and pour in whiskey you saved from the raisins and whisk together. As the bread pudding cools, pour topping on top.
Instead of topping you can serve rum sauce, custard sauce or brandy butter (hard sauce).
