Bread Pudding

Makes 8 servings

This all-purpose sauce is our favorite over bread pudding, but it's also perfect alongside a hot soufflé or for dunking churros.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 1/2 vanilla bean
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 3 egg yolks

Directions

  1. Bring the milk, vanilla bean, and half of the sugar to a boil. Be sure to watch for scorching.
  2. In a heat-safe bowl, combine the egg yolks with the remaining sugar and pour 1/4 cup of the hot milk into the egg mixture to temper it. Whisk to combine. Add the tempered egg mixture back into the hot milk, whisk to combine, and return to a low heat.
  3. Stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, heat the mixture to 165°F, or until it coats the back of a wooden spoon. Remove immediately from the stove. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a container that is set into an ice bath.

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Vanilla Sauce

Bread Pudding
Makes 8 servings This all-purpose sauce is our favorite over bread pudding, but it's also perfect alongside a hot soufflé or for dunking churros.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 1/2 vanilla bean
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 3 egg yolks

Directions

  1. Bring the milk, vanilla bean, and half of the sugar to a boil. Be sure to watch for scorching.
  2. In a heat-safe bowl, combine the egg yolks with the remaining sugar and pour 1/4 cup of the hot milk into the egg mixture to temper it. Whisk to combine. Add the tempered egg mixture back into the hot milk, whisk to combine, and return to a low heat.
  3. Stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, heat the mixture to 165°F, or until it coats the back of a wooden spoon. Remove immediately from the stove. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a container that is set into an ice bath.

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