Brennan's Bread Pudding With Whiskey Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 10 slices stale bread, torn into pieces (cubes)
• 4 cups milk, scalded
• 4 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup canned evaporated milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 4 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 tablespoons whiskey

Recipe

• 1 for the bread pudding:.
• 2 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 3 grease a 2-quart baking dish.
• 4 scatter the bread in the baking dish.
• 5 pour the scalded milk over the bread; set aside.
• 6 mix the eggs with the sugar.
• 7 stir in the remaining ingredients and pour the egg-and-sugar mixture over the bread-and-milk mixture.
• 8 although it doesn't state to do this with any bread pudding i usually press the bread down with a spatula to help the milk to be absorbed,cover and refrigerate for 30-60 minutes.
• 9 set the baking dish inside a slightly larger pan.
• 10 pour warm water into the larger pan about halfway up the sides of the bread pudding dish to make a "bain marie".
• 11 bake the bread pudding for about an hour, or until a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.
• 12 for the whiskey sauce:.
• 13 in a medium-size saucepan, heat the milk and the sugar until they almost come to a boil.
• 14 pour a small amount of the milk and sugar mixture into the egg yolks, whisking all the while.
• 15 gradually pour the egg mixture back into the saucepan, whisking constantly to prevent the eggs from scrambling.
• 16 blend the cornstarch with 1/4 cup cold water.
• 17 add to the saucepan.
• 18 bring the custard to a boil, whisking constantly for several minutes until it thickens.
• 19 remove from the heat.
• 20 stir in vanilla extract and whiskey.
• 21 strain through a fine-mesh sieve.
• 22 pour over bread pudding as desired.
• 23 *cook time does not reflect the refrigeration time*.