Bourbon Maple Bread Pudding with Candied Bacon
4 Servings
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Ingredients
Bourbon Maple Bread Pudding with Candied Bacon
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 large organic eggs
- 1 cup Shetler Family Dairy half & half
- 1⁄4 cup Olds Brothers pure maple syrup
- 1⁄4 cup small diced local pears poached in Maker’s Mark Bourbon
- 2 cups Stone House Bread baguette, crust removed, 1-inch dice
- 1/8 cup Tillamook unsalted butter
- 1⁄2 cup organic light brown sugar
- 8 slices thick-sliced Nueske’s Apple-wood Smoked Bacon
- 1/4 cup organic light brown sugar
- Pinch of ground black pepper
- 2 cups sugar
- 1⁄2 cup water
- 1 cup Shetler Family Dairy heavy cream
- 1 Nielsen-Massey Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Bean pod, split
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons Tillamook unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon Maker’s Mark Bourbon
Directions
Bourbon Maple Bread Pudding with Candied Bacon
In a large bowl, combine the sugar, eggs, half & half, syrup, pears, and bread cubes. Coat a 9-by-9-inch baking pan with melted butter. Pour the custard-and-bread mixture into the baking pan, cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour and up to overnight. Combine the butter and brown sugar in a bowl and work with your fingers until crumbly. Top the custard-and-bread mixture with the brown sugar mixture. Bake for 1 hour, until set. Top with candied bacon (recipe below), and serve with Vanilla Bourbon Sauce (recipe below) and Jeni’s Ndali Estate Vanilla Ice Cream.
Vanilla Bourbon Sauce
Combine sugar and 1⁄2 cup water in a saucepan. Cook over medium heat without stirring (swirl pan occasionally) until dark amber in color. Reduce heat to low and slowly stir in cream with a wooden spoon. Stir in remaining ingredients.
Candied Bacon
Toss bacon in sugar and black pepper. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and lay bacon at. Top with another sheet of parchment and another baking sheet, to flatten. Bake until crispy.
