Chocolate Bread Pudding

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 cups chocolate bread, cut into 1-inch cubes
• 4 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 3/4 cups milk
• 1 cup heavy cream or 1 cup whipping cream
• 4 large egg yolks
• 1 cup sugar
• 2/3 cup sour cream
• 1 1/2 cups vanilla yogurt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons orange juice
• 1/2 teaspoon orange zest
• 1 tablespoon sugar

Recipe

• 1 butter an 8x8x2 glass baking or casserole dish. place bread in dish and drizzle with butter; toss to coat.
• 2 in a small saucepan, heat milk and cream to a simmer; remove from heat.
• 3 whisk egg yolks and sugar together in a large bowl. slowly whisk in cream mixture. pour this mixture over bread; cover and let stand 1 hour to absorb.
• 4 preheat oven to 350°. bake pudding until just set in center, about 45 minutes.
• 5 while bread is baking make sauce:.
• 6 in a small bowl, whisk the sour cream and yogurt until smooth. add the orange juice, orange zest and sugar. stir until sugar is dissolved. refrigerate until ready to use.