Old Fashioned Chocolate Bread Pudding With Kahlua Caramel Sauce

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• granulated sugar (for dusting the pan)
• 2 cups whole milk
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 6 ounces fine quality bittersweet chocolate, roughly chopped
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/8 teaspoon grated nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
• 2 tablespoons kahlua
• 7 egg yolks
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 7 cups of cubed brioche bread or 7 cups challah or 7 cups bread, with crusts removed cut into 1/2-inch cubes
• vanilla ice cream
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 pinch cream of tartar
• 1 cup cream
• 1 tablespoon kahlua

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°f
• 2 begin by buttering 12 small ramekins and dusting with granulated sugar.
• 3 bread pudding:
• 4 heat the milk and cream in a saucepan over medium heat until steamy (do not boil).
• 5 turn off the heat and add the chocolate, salt, vanilla, nutmeg, cinnamon, walnuts and kahlùa. stir to mix.
• 6 whisk the egg yolks in a bowl with the 1/2 cup sugar. pour into the chocolate mixture. gently fold in the bread cubes.
• 7 transfer the pudding mixture to the ramekins (do not over fill - fill just to the top) and place on a baking sheet.
• 8 bake until nicely browned and set, about 30 minutes.
• 9 kahlùa caramel sauce:
• 10 combine sugar, water and cream of tartar in a small saucepan. do not stir. bring the mixture to a boil; cook until the caramel browns. when the caramel is medium brown, remove from heat and add cream. let simmer. add kahlua.
• 11 to serve: ladle some sauce onto each plate, unmold the ramekin, place the pudding on top of the sauce. serve warm, topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
• 12 cook's tip: other serving versions include serving the pudding warm and topped with a dab of whipped cream or cold, topped with fresh strawberries, whipped cream, and chocolate chips.