Chocolatey Bread Pudding

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 cups bread, diced, stale (or day-old, and don't remove crusts)
• 2 cups milk (500 ml)
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder (bitter, any kind)
• 1 cup sugar (250 ml)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 eggs, large
• 1 tablespoon orange zest (or lemon zest)

Recipe

• 1 set oven at 350 deg f/180 deg celsius.
• 2 use a large saucepan, and put in the bread and the milk.
• 3 bring to a boil, stirring, and simmer until the milk has been absorbed.
• 4 stir well or whisk to get a smooth texture. pull off heat.
• 5 add the butter, cocoa powder, sugar and salt and stir until well blended.
• 6 grease an oven dish.
• 7 add the egg yolks to the mixture and mix in well, and also add the citrus zest and stir
• 8 beat the egg whites until stiff, and fold into the pudding mixture.
• 9 ladle the mixture into the greased dish and bake 40 - 45 minutes.
• 10 serve with custard or ice cream.