Semolina Bread Pudding With A Warm Berry Sauce
Semolina Bread Pudding With A Warm Berry Sauce
Prep Time: 30 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour hour
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 6 people
Semolina Bread Pudding
- 3 large eggs
- softened butter for baking dish
- ¼ cup sugar
- 2 cups half-and-half
- 1 cup whipping cream
- ¼ cup fresh orange juice
- 2 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp orange zest (colored part of peel, removed with a zester and minced)
- 1 ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
- 1¼ tsp freshly grated nutmeg
- 8 cups 1-inch cubes crustless, day-old bread, preferably semolina
- 1½ cups quartered hulled fresh strawberries
- 1½ cups blackberries
- confectioners sugar
- warm berry sauce
Warm Berry Sauce
- 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries picked over if fresh
- 1 cup fresh or frozen raspberries picked over if fresh
- 1 cup fresh or frozen blackberries picked over if fresh
- 1 cup fresh or frozen strawberries hulled and quartered if fresh
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
Semolina Bread Pudding
Position a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. Lightly butter a 2½-quart ovenproof serving dish about 4 inches deep.
In a large bowl, whisk the eggs. Whisk in the sugar. Whisk in half-and-half and cream. Whisk in the orange juice, vanilla, orange zest, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Scatter half the strawberries and half the blackberries over the bread cubes. Scatter the remaining bread cubes over the berries. Scatter the remaining berries over the bread cubes. Pour the egg mixture over the bread cubes and berries. Lay a sheet of plastic wrap directly onto the surface of the pudding.
Weight it with 2 or 3 small ramekins or saucers so that the bread is completely immersed in the egg mixture. Let stand for 10 minutes.
Remove the weights and the plastic wrap. Set the pudding in the oven and bake until the top is lightly browned and the custard is set but not firm when the dish is jiggled. About 50 to 60 minutes.
Let the pudding rest in the dish on a rack for at least 10 minutes. Sift confectioners' sugar through a sieve onto the bread pudding and serve hot or warm, accompanied by the berry sauce (recipe below).
Warm Berry Sauce
In a small, nonreactive saucepan, combine the blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, sugar and lemon juice. Let stand until any frozen berries are fully thawed.
Set the saucepan over medium heat and bring to a simmer.
Cook, stirring, for 2 to 3 minutes, or until juicy.
The sauce can be prepared several hours in advance. Re-warm gently over low heat before using.