Bananas Foster Bread Pudding

Total Time: 3 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 4 loaves french bread, 1 foot long
• 1 quart heavy cream
• 1 1/2 cups whole milk
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3 cups light brown sugar
• 12 egg yolks
• 3 bananas
• 1 cup rum
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 4 tablespoons vanilla extract
• fresh mint, for garnish
• 4 1/2 cups unsalted butter
• 4 1/2 cups dark brown sugar, packed
• 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2 1/4 cups golden rum
• 2 1/4 cups banana liqueur
• 8 bananas, sliced lengthwise and in half

Recipe

• 1 slice french bread and dry in a 200f oven for 20 minutes.
• 2 combine remaining pudding ingredients in a large container and blend well with a hand mixer.
• 3 thinly slice dried french bread and place in an 8 x 10 x 2-inch pan.
• 4 pour pudding into pan and mush all bread by hand so that the liquid is absorbed and the bread becomes very soggy.
• 5 be sure to flatten all of the lumps.
• 6 cover pan with foil and bake at 300 f for 2 ½ hours, or until a skewer inserted in the center of the pudding comes out dry.
• 7 remove foil and bake for an additional 20 minutes, or until golden brown.
• 8 set aside to cool.
• 9 foster sauce:.
• 10 melt butter in a sauce pot.
• 11 add the brown sugar and cinnamon and mix well.
• 12 add the rum and ignite.
• 13 allow the flames to subside.
• 14 then, stir in the banana liqueur.
• 15 add fresh bananas and simmer over medium heat for about 2 minutes or until the sauce coats the spoon.
• 16 to serve: cut bread pudding into 3 ½ x 3 ½-inch squares.
• 17 top warm bread pudding with foster sauce and garnish with mint leaves.