Panettone Bread Pudding

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I’m somewhat of a grump astir breadstuff pudding. It’s not that I don’t for illustration it, but to me, breadstuff pudding is thing you eat astatine home, for illustration consequence salad. I don’t request personification cutting up a vessel of consequence for maine nor do I request personification tearing up leftover breadstuff and serving it forth. (And handing maine a measure for it.) Bread pudding is location fare, but if you want to spell retired and ammunition retired immoderate large bucks for a bowl, that’s good pinch me. But erstwhile you sensation this one, I uncertainty you’ll find a amended 1 anywhere.

I was inspired to make it while paging done Autentico, by Rolando Beremendi, a terrific book connected really to navigator authentic Italian cuisine, without immoderate preachy baggage. It’s caller and modern. Sure he’s an evangelical for utilizing nan champion Italian ingredients, but he makes his lawsuit by showcasing nan beautiful products disposable successful Italy (Rolando owns Manicaretti Italian nutrient imports, which are sold astatine Market Hall Foods), specified arsenic Tuscan farro, which I utilized to make his Farro torta the different day, spicy peperoncino piccante (red capsicum paste), Sicilian capers, and jars of chromatic that scope successful flavors from chestnut to eucalyptus, depending connected availability.

During nan holidays, panettone starts showing up connected nan shelves astatine markets and nutrient shops. But not conscionable successful Italy; panettone has go celebrated astir nan world.

The saccharine breadstuff is usually studded pinch candied fruit, citrus zest, and raisins, which bakers often return successful different directions, adding everything from cocoa to caramel. Rolando’s Budino de panettone intrigued me, utilizing panettone arsenic a base, topped pinch demerara sugar.

So I utilized his budino as inspiration for this breadstuff pudding, baked successful a cookware wherever brownish sweetener had been moistened pinch butter, truthful it creates a juicy, caramel-like topping, pinch nan prize of further condiment to spoon complete nan breadstuff pudding erstwhile it’s turned out. It’s not swimming successful condiment but has conscionable capable truthful that anyone who wants an other spoonful tin person one. And who doesn’t want an other spoonful of sauce?

It’s that clip of nan year, erstwhile you whitethorn beryllium talented 1 excessively galore panettones (or panettoni). And while you mightiness not deliberation it’s imaginable to person excessively overmuch panettone, this is simply a invited reprieve from French toast aliases panettone crystal cream, if you do find yourself pinch an overload of loaves.

Inspired by Autentico by Rolando Beremendi

Because of nan brownish sugar, that makes a nice, caramel-like condiment while nan breadstuff pudding is baking, you've sewage immoderate leeway pinch nan granulated sugar. I utilized 1/2 cup (100g) successful nan custard, but you tin dial it down to 1/4 cup (50g), aliases anyplace successful between, since panettone is already sweetened. (And they alteration successful sweetness, too.) If you don't person panettone, you tin make this breadstuff pudding pinch brioche aliases challah. Since those breads aren't truthful sweet, I'd usage 1/2 cup (100g) of granulated sugar. I person a reasonably heavy-duty quadrate barroom cookware truthful I melted nan food and brownish sweetener together correct successful nan cookware connected nan stovetop. If your cookware is flimsy, and you're concerned, you tin navigator nan food and brownish sweetener together successful a saucepan, past move it into your barroom pan. Don't interest excessively overmuch if nan brownish sweetener is simply a spot heavy and/or lumpy; erstwhile baked, it'll soft retired nicely.

Servings 10 servings

1 1/4 pounds (560g) panettone, cubed, (about 9 cups)
3/4 cup (170g) packed ray aliases acheronian brownish sugar
6 large eggs, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (100g) granulated sugar, (see headnote)
3 cups (710ml) milk aliases half-and-half
3 tablespoons (45g) unsalted butter, cubed

Preheat nan oven to 350ºF (180ºC). Spread nan cubed panettone connected a baking expanse and toast successful nan oven until lightly browned, turning them complete erstwhile aliases doubly during baking, truthful they toast comparatively evenly. They'll return astir 20 minutes aliases so.
While nan panettone is toasting, lukewarm nan food successful a sturdy 9-inch (22cm) quadrate barroom cookware complete debased power connected nan stovetop pinch nan the brownish sugar, stirring until nan food is melted and nan sweetener is moistened. Use a spatula to coax it truthful it covers nan bottommost of nan barroom pan, pinch nary bare spots. Remove from power and group aside.
Arrange nan toasted panettone cubes evenly successful nan barroom pan.
Whisk nan eggs together successful a mean vessel pinch nan vanilla extract, salt, and granulated sugar. Gradually whisk successful nan beverage until well-combined. Pour nan custard complete nan panettone cubes and property down mildly to make judge each nan breadstuff cubes are soaking successful nan custard.
Put nan barroom cookware successful a larger pan, specified arsenic a roasting pan, and capable nan larger cookware pinch basking h2o truthful it reaches halfway up nan outsides of nan barroom pan. Bake nan breadstuff pudding until it feels hardly group successful nan center, but don't overcook it, astir 50 minutes. Remove from nan oven, and wearing oven mitts, cautiously assistance nan breadstuff pudding retired of nan h2o bath and group it connected a cooling rack.
If serving it warm, fto nan breadstuff pudding cool for astatine slightest 30 minutes. Run a weapon astir nan edges to loosen nan breadstuff pudding from nan cookware and group a ample serving platter aliases rimmed baking expanse upside down complete nan breadstuff pudding. Grasping some nan barroom cookware and serving platter, simultaneously move some over, being observant to debar getting immoderate of nan lukewarm brownish sweetener condiment connected you. Remove nan barroom pan, and trim into squares for serving.

Serving: Some for illustration their breadstuff pudding warm, but this 1 is arsenic bully astatine room temperature, aliases moreover chilled. You tin service it connected its own, pinch a move of dense pick (or whipped cream), aliases a scoop of your favourite crystal cream, specified arsenic Vanilla Ice Cream or Cinnamon Ice Cream. I served excavation pinch Sorghum Ice Cream.

Storage: You tin refrigerate nan baked breadstuff pudding for up to 3 days. If you want to make it successful advance, you tin shop it successful nan barroom pan, past unmold it earlier serving.