{"id":20071,"date":"2011-03-10T09:44:57","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T13:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/"},"modified":"2019-10-06T15:41:50","modified_gmt":"2019-10-06T19:41:50","slug":"bourbon-soaked-cherries-and-chocolate-bread-pudding-with-bacon-fat-baste","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/bourbon-soaked-cherries-and-chocolate-bread-pudding-with-bacon-fat-baste\/","title":{"rendered":"Bourbon Soaked Cherries and Chocolate Bread Pudding, with Bacon Fat Baste"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Recipe by Andrew Gottlieb<br \/>\nWinner of the Nick Suarez Prize for his Pork Pops w\/ Rye Whiskey Sauce<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-20065 lazyload\" title=\"Bourbon Soaked Cherries Chocolate Bread Pudding\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/370-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Bourbon Soaked Cherries Chocolate Bread Pudding\" width=\"335\" height=\"210\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-20065 lazyload\" title=\"Bourbon Soaked Cherries Chocolate Bread Pudding\" src=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/370-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Bourbon Soaked Cherries Chocolate Bread Pudding\" width=\"335\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/370-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/370.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 extra large Brioche or Challah bread, or 2 medium loafs<\/li>\n<li>1 cup dried cherries<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup bourbon<\/li>\n<li>1 TB butter<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 cups sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 1\/2 cups heavy cream<\/li>\n<li>2 1\/2 cups whole milk<\/li>\n<li>4 eggs<\/li>\n<li>1 egg yolk<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon vanilla<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon nutmeg<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 lb chocolate chips<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons bacon fat &#8211; do not use bacon with any\/heavy smoke<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">1. 1 day ahead, cut bread into 1 inch cubes and dry on the counter in a single layer.<br \/>\n2. 5 hours ahead soak cherries in bourbon till plump, stir occasionally and add a bit more bourbon if necessary<br \/>\n3. Butter 13&#215;9 baking dish with butter and put in freezer to set.<br \/>\n4. Bring eggs &amp; dairy to room temperature, then combine sugar, cream, milk, eggs, vanilla, salt &amp; nutmeg &#8211; whisk to combine to make a custard.<br \/>\n5, Reserve 20% of the bread cubes and toss the remaining 80% with the custard and the drained cherries combining well, then set aside 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees<br \/>\n6. Layer the soaked bread cube mixture into the buttered pan, then set the unsoaked cubes on top.<br \/>\n7. Brush the bacon fat over the unsoaked bread cubes and bake for 35-45 minutes. If the top if browning to fast, loosely cover with foil to prevent further browning while pudding sets<br \/>\n8. Bread Pudding is done as soon as the custard and bread set. If not full brown at that point, broil quickly without taking your eye off the dish<br \/>\n9. Cut pieces and top with Bourbon Caramel sauce<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Bourbon Caramel Sauce<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup light brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup filtered water<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup light corn or cane syrup<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon lemon juice<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups heavy cream<\/li>\n<li>3 tablespoons bourbon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">1. Combine sugars and water over medium high in a stainless steel pan (larger than you think) to dissolve, stir occasionally.<br \/>\n2. Add corn\/cane syrup and lemon juice, then bring to a boil over med-high heat. The liquid is dangerously hot, do not touch it or taste it without cooling. Once the liquid begins to shift color, watch it carefully &#8211; you are looking for deep amber, but not browning\/burning. Swirl pot and adjust heat as necessary.<br \/>\n3. Pull pot off flame, then slowly add cream in a thin stream while whisking steadily, mixture has a tendency to boil up and increase in volume as you add the cream.<br \/>\n4. Place pot back over medium-low heat and whisk until fully combined.<br \/>\n5. Increase heat to medium\/med-high and reduce stirring regularly until reduced and thickened<br \/>\n6. Remove a tablespoon at a time, cool separately and taste to check flavors &#8211; adjust as needed<br \/>\n7. Stir in 2 tablespons of bourbon and taste again. Add last tablespoon at your own discretion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recipe by Andrew Gottlieb Winner of the Nick Suarez Prize for his Pork Pops w\/ Rye Whiskey Sauce 1 extra large Brioche or Challah bread, or 2 medium loafs 1 cup dried cherries 1\/2 cup bourbon 1 TB butter 3\/4 cups sugar 2 1\/2 cups heavy cream 2 1\/2 cups whole milk 4 eggs 1 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20071","page","type-page","status-publish"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20071\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}