Spiced Pear Bread Pudding with Red Wine Glaze

Recipe

• Created By: Bryn
• Inspired By: Hercules claiming that there's "lots of good food" at Bacchus's Cavern. - 1.19 - The Lure of the Lyre
• This recipe is based on Spiced Pear Bread Pudding with Red Wine Glaze.
• Yield: Serves 6.

Ingredients

• 3 c stale bread, torn or cut into 1” chunks
• 2 large eggs
• 3/4 c milk
• 3/4 c apple juice
• 1/3 c + 1 t sugar
• 1 large pear, diced
• 1/4 t ground nutmeg
• 1/4 t ground cinnamon
• 1/4 c raisins
• 1/4 c red wine

Red Wine Glaze

• 1/4 c red wine + reserved wine used for raisins
• 1 T butter
• 2 T sugar

Preparation

• Preheat the oven to 350°. In a small bowl combine the raisins and ¼ c red wine and set aside. Next, combine the cinnamon, nutmeg and teaspoon of sugar in a bowl and add the diced pear. Toss until well coated and set aside. Grease a 9” x 13” baking pan and add the chunks of bread. Whisk together the eggs, milk, apple juice and sugar together in a large bowl and pour the mixture over the bread. Drain the wine from the raisins and reserve. Add the raisins and the pears to the bread & custard mixture and mix gently until everything is evenly combined. Bake for 20-25 minutes and allow to cool for a few minutes.
• In the meantime, melt the butter and sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add the reserved wine that you used to soak the raisins and the other 1/4 cup of wine and whisk together well. Continue whisking while the glaze comes to a low boil. Reduce heat and simmer gently for about 3 minutes, or until you have a smooth, light glaze. Remove from heat. Serve the bread pudding drizzled with plenty of glaze and enjoy!

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Links

• Spiced Pear Bread Pudding with Red Wine Glaze
• 100 Recipes Using Leftover Red Wine