Jewish Bread Pudding
with Amaretto Sauce recipe
1 (1 pound) challah (Jewish egg
bread)
3 cup 2% low-fat milk
1 cup heavy cream
1 1/2 cups
granulated sugar
3 eggs
2 tablespoons almond extract
3/4
cup sliced almonds
3/4 cup golden raisins
3/4 cup chopped
dried apricots
Tear bread into 1-inch pieces.
Combine with milk and cream in a large bowl. Let stand while
assembling other ingredients. Mix together sugar, eggs and almond
extract thoroughly. Add to bread mixture, making sure all the bread
has been coated. Add the almonds, raisins and chopped apricots.
Prepare a 13 x 9-inch baking dish with spray such as Pam. Heat
oven to 325
degrees F. Spoon mixture into the dish and bake until firm, about 50
minutes.
Cut into individual servings and
spoon Amaretto
Sauce over each portion.
Amaretto
Sauce:
1 cup confectioners sugar
1/2 cup sweet
butter
1 egg, beaten
1/4 cup amaretto liqueur
To make sauce, stir sugar and
butter in top of a double
boiler until butter melts and sugar
dissolves. Remove from water. Whisk in egg. Cool slightly, then mix
in
amaretto.