Goat Cheese And Prosciutto Savory Bread Pudding

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups bread, cubed
• 4 large eggs
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 6 ounces chevre cheese, finely crumbled
• 3 ounces prosciutto, diced
• 1 teaspoon fresh thyme
• 2 shallots, minced
• 4 cremini mushrooms, sliced
• 1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted
• fresh ground black pepper
• 1/4 cup parmesan cheese, freshly grated (or gruyere)

Recipe

• 1 toast bread cubes in 350 degree oven for 10 minutes or so, stirring halfway through. leave oven on at 350.
• 2 in a bowl, mix together eggs, yolk, milk, and cream until thoroughly blended.
• 3 in another bowl, toss together bread cubes, prosciutto, shallot, mushrooms, pine nuts, thyme, and pepper.
• 4 spray or lightly butter a 9x9 square baking pan and pour in the bread mixture, pat to distribute evenly. crumble the chevre over all and mix in slightly with hands.
• 5 pour egg mixture over bread cubes. sprinkle with shredded cheese such as parmesan or gruyere, for a golden crust.
• 6 bake in a 350 degree oven for 30-40 minutes, or it springs back when you poke it in the middle. alternately, when a thermometer inserted into center reads above 145 degrees it is done.