Friends and family ADORE this gooey, complex bread pudding. The amazing combination of chocolate, vanilla bean custard, Nutella (hazelnut and cocoa) with banana is over the top good. Have you ever had a chocolate frozen banana coated in toffee bits? I have and LOVE it. This is the other extreme; a warm, oozing, addictive take on a perfect combination of flavors.
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-Amazing Banana Nutella Bread Pudding with Lazy Cream Anglaise-
Ingredients
Butter (for casserole dish)
7 cups sourdough bread, no crust
¼ cup dark chocolate chips
¼ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 cups half and half
4 TBS heavy cream
2 egg yolks and 1 egg (organic)
½ cup Nutella
2 regular sized bananas, sliced
1 vanilla bean
1 tsp. sea salt
1 TBS and 1TBS Divided (2 TBS total) brown sugar packed
Steps:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees, butter a medium sized casserole dish
In a bowl combine: half and half, cream, egg, Nutella, vanilla bean, sea salt, 1TBS packed brown sugar. Mix well into a custard.
Assemble bread pudding
Layer bread on bottom layer, add custard to cover, sprinkle chocolate chips, add sliced banana, layer remaining bread and cover with remaining custard, sprinkle chocolate chips, layer banana. Set at least 40 minutes or overnight.
Before baking top with 1 TBS packed brown sugar. Bake lightly covered in foil for 30 minutes. Remove foil bake 10-20 minutes, until set.
Serve with vanilla ice cream, or even better yet, my favorite is cream anglaise. I suggest the ‘lazy cream anglaise’ (good quality vanilla bean ice cream- melted). This bread pudding is amazing topped with a thick pourable custard known as lazy cream anglaise. If it’s good enough for Ina Garden (The Barefoot Contessa) then it’s good enough for me! Read ‘Food& Wine Cook Like a Pro Tips’ for details and easy cooking tricks. Drizzle melted vanilla ice cream over each slice, ENJOY!
