Comments on: The Best Thing I Ever Cooked http://cook-food.org a manualfesto for easy, healthy, local eating Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:21:05 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ronnie N. http://cook-food.org/recipe-sharing-tips/the-best-thing-i-ever-cooked/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Ronnie N. Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:45:12 +0000 http://temp-cookfood.gaiahost.net/?page_id=44#comment-51 OK, I know bread pudding seems a little retro, but with this recipe it's surely going to be making a revival! It's so easy, it practically makes itself! Put Down Your Blackberry: Blackberry Plum Bread-Pudding! 5 ripe plums 2 cartons of blackberries 2/3 cup of brown sugar (packed) 1 cup of table sugar 1 Tbs Cinnamon 1 Tsp Nutmeg 1 Tbs of PURE Vanilla Extract (you can also sub real vanilla bean) 1 quart of WHOLE milk 1/4 cup of Half & Half 6 Eggs A large loaf of Brioche or Challah (stale) A little butter (for greasing the pan) Preheat oven to 350. In a very large bowl, beat the eggs with the brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, and 2/3 cup of the table sugar. While whisking, add in the milk and half & half. Slice the plums and add them to the black berries in a separate bowl. Lightly toss with 1/3 cup of the table sugar. Tear the bread into 1 1/2 inch chunks (not too thick!) and start adding them to the egg and milk mixture. Mix together using your hands until the bread has soaked up all the mixture. In a greased pan, begin adding the eggy-bread mixture. Once you have covered the bottom, add a layer of the berries and plums. Repeat. The top layer should be plums and berries. Sprinkle with cinnamon and put into a 350 degree oven. Let it cook 40 minutes uncovered. Let it cool until slightly warm. It's UNBELIEVABLE. OK, I know bread pudding seems a little retro, but with this recipe it’s surely going to be making a revival! It’s so easy, it practically makes itself!

Put Down Your Blackberry: Blackberry Plum Bread-Pudding!

5 ripe plums
2 cartons of blackberries
2/3 cup of brown sugar (packed)
1 cup of table sugar
1 Tbs Cinnamon
1 Tsp Nutmeg
1 Tbs of PURE Vanilla Extract (you can also sub real vanilla bean)
1 quart of WHOLE milk
1/4 cup of Half & Half
6 Eggs
A large loaf of Brioche or Challah (stale)
A little butter (for greasing the pan)

Preheat oven to 350.

In a very large bowl, beat the eggs with the brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, and 2/3 cup of the table sugar. While whisking, add in the milk and half & half.

Slice the plums and add them to the black berries in a separate bowl. Lightly toss with 1/3 cup of the table sugar.

Tear the bread into 1 1/2 inch chunks (not too thick!) and start adding them to the egg and milk mixture. Mix together using your hands until the bread has soaked up all the mixture.

In a greased pan, begin adding the eggy-bread mixture. Once you have covered the bottom, add a layer of the berries and plums. Repeat. The top layer should be plums and berries.

Sprinkle with cinnamon and put into a 350 degree oven. Let it cook 40 minutes uncovered. Let it cool until slightly warm.

It’s UNBELIEVABLE.

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