Chocolate Souffle Bread Pudding With Red Wine Strawberries Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8-inch square-baking pan.
• To make the bread pudding, combine the sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a large bowl. Beat in the eggs until smooth, then work in the heavy cream. Add the vanilla, then the bread cubes. Allow the bread to soak up the custard. Scatter the raisins in the greased pan, and top with the egg mixture, which will prevent the raisins from burning. Bake for approximately 25 to 30 minutes or until the pudding has a golden brown color and is firm to the touch. If a toothpick inserted in the pudding comes out clean, it is done. It should be moist, not runny or dry. Let cool to room temperature.
• To make the sauce, bring the cream to a boil, combine the cornstarch and water, and add the mixture to the boiling cream, stirring constantly. Return to a boil, then reduce the heat and cook, stirring, for about 30 seconds, being careful not to burn the mixture. Add the sugar and bourbon, and stir. Let cool to room temperature.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F, and butter 6 (6-ounce) ceramic ramekins.
• To make the meringue, be certain that you use a bowl and whisk that are clean and that the egg whites are completely free of yolk. This dish needs a good, stiff meringue, and the eggs whites will whip better if the chill is off them. In a large bowl or mixer, whip the egg whites and cream of tartar until foamy. Gradually add the sugar, and continue whipping until shiny and thick. Test with a clean spoon. If the whites stand up stiff, like shaving cream, when you pull out the spoon, the meringue is ready. Do not overwhip, or the whites will break down and the souffle will not work.
• In a large bowl, break half the bread pudding into pieces using your hands or a spoon. Gently fold in a quarter of the meringue, being careful not to lose the air in the whites. Place a portion of this mixture in each of the ramekins.
• Place the remaining bread pudding in a bowl, break into pieces, and carefully fold in the rest of the meringue. Top off the souffles with this lighter mixture, to about 1 1/2 inches over the top edge of the ramekin. With a spoon, smooth and shape the tops into a dome over the ramekin rim.
• Bake immediately for approximately 20 minutes or until golden brown. Serve immediately. Using a spoon at the table, poke a hole in the top of each souffle and spoon the room-temperature whiskey sauce into the souffle.

Steps:

• In a stainless steel bowl or double boiler placed over simmering water, melt the 2 chocolates.
• In a large stainless steel bowl, beat the whole eggs and the egg yolks. Gradually whisk in the sugar and beat until fluffy. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, bring the half-and-half to a rolling boil. Slowly whisk into the egg mixture. Then, whisk in the melted chocolate. Chill over ice and refrigerate, covered, until needed. (This should be prepared the day before so that the custard will thicken.)
• When ready to prepare the pudding, combine the soaking liquid ingredients in a saucepan and heat until the cocoa is completely dissolved. Cut each slice of bread into two 2-inch circles (16 circles), using a cookie cutter or something similar. Arrange the circles of bread in 1 or 2 dishes with sides large enough to hold the circles in 1layer. Pour the soaking liquid over and soak well, turning so that the bread absorbs as much liquid as possible.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter 8 3/4 cup molds or custard cups.
• To prepare the pudding, spoon a layer of custard (about 2 ounces) into the bottom of each of the 8 cups. Using a slotted spoon, remove a circle of bread and set in the custard. Spoon over a second layer of custard, a second circle of bread and top with a final layer of custard. Repeat this procedure, filling the remaining cups with custard and bread, and then arrange the cups in a large baking pan. Fill the pan with boiling water, halfway up the sides of the cups. Bake 30 minutes. Cool and refrigerate until needed.
• Dust the puddings with sifted powdered sugar and pass a bowl of unsweetened whipped cream.

Steps:

• Bring heavy cream to a boil in a saucepan; stir in white chocolate until smooth.
• Mix remaining ingredients together, except bread, and stir into cream mixture until fully incorporated.
• Grind up or slice bread thin; soak bread in the custard for a couple of hours.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Butter a large baking pan and fill the pan with the bread pudding.
• Bake about 40 minutes, until the bread pudding is firm to the touch and golden brown on top.
• After pudding cools, crumble some by hand into a bowl (about 6 cups).
• Make a basic meringue with two egg whites and one-half cup of sugar. Whip the meringue to stiff peaks, and fold in to crumbled bread pudding.
• Fill four (16 oz) souffle' dishes full.
• Bake at 350°F for about 40 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Combine cream, milk, and 1/2 cup sugar in a heavy saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium-low heat, stirring until sugar dissolves, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat, add 1 cup chocolate chips and whisk until melted and smooth.
• Whisk egg and vanilla extract together in a large bowl to blend. Gradually whisk in hot chocolate mixture. Set custard aside to cool, stirring often, for about 10 minutes.
• Add bread cubes and remaining chocolate chips to the custard and toss to coat. Transfer to a 1 1/2-quart shallow oval baking dish. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons sugar over the pudding.
• Bake in the preheated oven until custard thickens and center is just set, about 50 minutes.
• Serve pudding warm, drizzled with warm chocolate sauce.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter an 8-inch square baking pan; set aside. Combine 3/4 cup sugar, the cinnamon, and nutmeg in a large bowl. Beat in whole eggs until smooth; whisk in cream and vanilla. Add bread cubes; stir, allowing bread to soak up custard. Scatter raisins in greased pan; top with egg mixture, which will prevent raisins from burning. Bake until pudding is golden and firm to the touch and a cake tester inserted in center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. It should be moist, not runny or dry. Cool to room temperature.
• Butter six 6-ounce ceramic ramekins; set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer, whisk egg whites and cream of tartar until foamy. Gradually add remaining 3/4 cup sugar; continue whisking until shiny and thick. Test with a clean spoon. If whites stand up stiff, like shaving cream, when you pull out the spoon, meringue is ready. Do not overwhip, or whites will break down and souffle will not work.
• In a large bowl, break half the bread pudding into pieces using your hands or a spoon. Gently fold in a quarter of the meringue, being careful not to lose the air in the whites. Divide a portion of this mixture among the ramekins. Place remaining bread pudding in bowl, break into pieces, and carefully fold in rest of meringue. Top off souffles with this lighter mixture, piling it high, about 1 1/2 inches over top edge of ramekins. With a spoon, smooth and shape tops into a dome over ramekin rims. Bake immediately until golden brown, about 20 minutes. Serve immediately. Using a spoon at the table, poke a hole in the top of each souffle, and spoon the room-temperature whiskey sauce into the souffles.

Steps:

• FOR THE BREAD PUDDING-------------------.
• Preheat oven to 350 F degrees.
• Toast bread cubes in the oven for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown.
• Place the toasted cubes of bread in an ungreased 3x9x2 inch pan.
• In a medium bowl wisk the eggs and egg yolks until frothy.
• In a small bowl or plastic bag combine sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
• Blend well.
• In a medium sauce pan over low heat heat milk and butter till butter just melts (120 degrees F).
• You can use cream or half-and-half in lieu of milk, however we find this to be a bit too rich.
• I like to chop the raisins in the food processor with a bit of the sugar/spice mixture as there's alot of folks out there that love the taste of raisins, but don't like the texture.
• If desired add chopped raisins to the milk/butter mixture at this point.
• Add sugar/spice mix and vanilla to milk and stir until sugar dissolves.
• Slowly pour about 1 cup of the warm milk over the eggs while stirring continuously.
• If you like whole raisins, sprinkle the raisins over the bread cubes at this point.
• Pour the milk mixture over the bread crumbs.
• Allow the bread to become thoroughly soaked, turn once or twice to speed up the process.
• Maybe 10 minutes.
• Bake the soaked bread in the 350 F oven for 40-60 minutes, check every few minutes after the initial cooking period and remove from oven when disired degree of browness is reached.
• Cool slightly.
• FOR THE SOUFFLE------------------.
• Preheat your oven to 375 F degrees.
• Butter and lightly sugar a 1 1/2 quart souffle dish.
• Put the egg yolks and granulated sugar in the top of a double boiler over very low heat.
• Whisk the mixture until frothy and shiny.
• In a large mixing bowl, whip the egg-and-sugar mixture into the warm bread pudding until smooth, a food processor makes this easier, but it's not required.
• Beat egg whites with an electric mixer until frothy, add confectioner's sugar and beat until the egg whites form stiff peaks.
• Gently fold the egg whites into the bread pudding mixture.
• Fill the souffle dish only 3/4 full of souffle mixture to allow for rising.
• Wipe clean the lip of the dish and bake in the preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes.
• Serve immediately, top with bourbon sauce (see separate recipie) and/or whipped cream.