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The famous white chocolate bread pudding as it is served at Café des Amis and Grapevine Market and Café:

White Chocolate Bread Pudding

5 pints (10 cups or 2½ quarts) whipping cream

6 cups vanilla white chocolate chips

2 cups milk

2 cups sugar

5 whole eggs

25 egg yolks

About 8-9 loaves stale French bread, cut in ½” slices

1. Butter the bottom of a stainless steel full size baking pan. Put 1 layer of bread slices in bottom of pan—4 inches across and as many as you can back down in pan lengthwise.

2. Heat whipping cream, milk, sugar, and white chocolate chips. When chocolate is melted, remove from heat.

3. Whisk eggs and egg yolks together in a large bowl until smooth. Slowly pour melted mixture into eggs mixture stirring constantly so as to not let eggs curdle. Continue stirring until well blended. Pour half of the mixture over the first layer of bread. Let bread soak up the mixture. Add another layer of bread and pour remaining mixture on top. Use your hands to feel bread to make sure it has soaked up all of the mixture and that the center is not dry in the middle.

4. Cover with aluminum foil and bake 1 hour at 300º. Remove foil and bake 25 minutes at 250º until top is golden and the center of the bread pudding has risen. Top with white chocolate sauce listed next:

White Chocolate Sauce

6 ounces whipping cream

16 ounces white chocolate chips

Melt white chocolate chips in double boiler or microwave until liquid. Mix in whipping cream until creamy and smooth. Spoon over bread pudding and garnish with chocolate shavings.

1 full pan = 24 pieces; portion size: one 2 X 2” square

Café des Amis and Grapevine Market and Café