Ocean Avenue Chocolate Bread Pudding
Dear SOS: I would like the recipe for the chocolate bread pudding and sauce served at Ocean Avenue Seafood Restaurant in Santa Monica.
Patricia Hoffman
Dominguez Hills
Dear Patricia: This pudding is made with egg bread and creme anglaise, a soft custard sauce that goes so well with pudding.
Pudding
Combine cream, milk, sugar and vanilla bean in saucepan over low heat, stirring until smooth, 8 to 10 minutes. Discard vanilla bean.
Melt chocolate in microwave at half power, 2 minutes.
Add egg yolks to cream mixture until well blended. Stir in melted chocolate.
Add bread slices to cream mixture and soak 15 minutes. Pour into 13x9-inch baking dish, spreading evenly. Cover dish with foil and place in larger pan of warm water. Bake at 350 degrees until custard is set, 55 minutes to 1 hour. Serve with Creme Anglaise.
Creme anglaise
Combine milk, cream, sugar and vanilla bean in saucepan over low heat. Bring to boil. Discard vanilla bean.
Add 1 cup milk mixture to egg yolks, return to pan and cook over low heat, stirring until blended and slightly thickened, 5 minutes. Cool.
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