Cajun/Creole · dessert

Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce

Name: Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Cuisine: Cajun/Creole
Ingredients: 1 lb day-old French bread, cubed; 3 cups whole milk; 4 eggs; 1 cup sugar; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1/4 tsp nutmeg; 1/2 cup raisins; 2 tbsp butter; whiskey sauce (4 tbsp butter; 1 cup powdered sugar; 1 egg yolk; 3 tbsp bourbon)

Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce reads sweetness 7.7, richness 5.2 and fruity 4.4 on Palate's 0–10 flavor X-ray — a Cajun/Creole dessert, about 1 hr 45 min. Measured from the recipe itself: ingredients and technique.

The flavor X-ray — six axes, 0–10

Umami & Savory — 1.9 / 10
Sweet & Fruity — 9.0 / 10
Sour & Bright — 0.7 / 10
Bitter & Earthy — 2.7 / 10
Rich & Fat — 5.6 / 10
Aromatic & Spice — 3.6 / 10

The measured notes (of 18)

Sweetness 7.7 · Richness 5.2 · Fruity 4.4 · Floral 3.4 · Smoke 2.4 · Warm Spice 2.4 · Umami 1.8 · Bitterness 1.6 · Nutty 1.3 · Funk & Ferment 0.8 · Earthy 0.7 · Sourness 0.7 · Salinity 0.5

What's in it (10)

1 lb day-old French bread, cubed
3 cups whole milk
4 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/2 cup raisins
2 tbsp butter
whiskey sauce (4 tbsp butter; 1 cup powdered sugar; 1 egg yolk; 3 tbsp bourbon)

Time & effort: about 1 hr 45 min (30 min active) · effort: medium

Nutrition (per 100 g, engine-estimated): 313.7 kcal, 19.1 g protein, 3.6 g fat, 51.7 g carbs

Dietary: Vegetarian · Contains dairy · Contains egg — engine-derived; double-check anything allergy-critical.

How it's cooked (4 steps)

Soak bread cubes in a custard of milk, eggs, sugar, vanilla, and spices for 30 minutes, stir in raisins, then pour into a buttered baking dish.
Bake at 175°C for 45 minutes until set and golden on top.
Meanwhile beat together butter, sugar, egg yolk, and bourbon for the sauce, heating gently until smooth.
Serve pudding warm with whiskey sauce poured over.

Dishes with a similar flavor shape

Bananas Foster — Cajun/Creole
Bread and Butter Pudding — British
Sweet Potato Pudding (Hell a Top, Hell a Bottom) — Jamaican
Sachertorte — Austrian
Plantain Tarts — Jamaican

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