Bread Pudding with Caramel Rum Glaze
George Kutlenios • December 10, 2024
Holly Hotel's Bread Pudding with Caramel Rum Glaze
Here is one of our most asked for recipes during the Holidays. It is quite easy to make and hope it becomes a tradition in your home as it has in ours. - George.
Pudding Ingredients:
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter,
- ¾ pound brioche, cut into 1-inch pieces (3 ½ cups)
- 3 cinnamon sugar cake donuts, cut into1~ pieces (1 cup)
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup milk
- 1/4 cup packed light-brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 tsp of cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp of nutmeg
- 1 ½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
Pudding Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350ºF (or 320ºF convected.) Butter a 9"x13" baking dish
- Tear or cut bread and donuts into 1"-2" pieces and add to large bowl.
- In another bowl, whisk together milk, cream, eggs, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg until combined.
- Pour over bread and stir gently to coat, let soak for 20-30 minutes.
- Spoon into prepared dish and bake in oven for about 50-60 minutes until center is set.
Caramel Rum Glaze Sauce Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup heavy cream or half and half
- 1/3 cup water
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 Tbsp (Chrissy insists on 2) quality Dark Rum
Caramel Rum Glaze Sauce Instructions:
- In saucepan whisk together sugar and water until combined.
- Add butter and heat on medium until butter melts and the liquid starts to boil. (Don't overcook).
- Whisk until thickened slightly then remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
- When combined, whisk in cream and dark rum.
- While caramel is still warm, pour over baked pudding, allowing sauce to soak into bread. The sauce should cover bread with some bread poking through at the top.
- Let rest for 10-15 minutes, then lovingly serve warm with a dollop of whipped cream, crème fraiche or vanilla ice cream.
Make sure savor in a darkened room with with the glow of Christmas lights, and tell Alexa to play Kenny G Holiday music. Preferably with others.
~We have served this classic Victorian Bread Pudding every Christmas since we opened in 1978~
Notes:
- Different breads will yield different results. We prefer to use stale brioche, stale croissants, baguettes. Use torn up day-old cinnamon sugar donuts (unfilled)
- You can use Bourbon instead of Rum (Bob Roop)
"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will in the Past the Present and the Future. The Spirits of Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach" Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
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Updates on Holly Hotel Reconstruction! Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly... For over 43 years, George and I have warmly honored Christmas at the Holly Hotel. In December, as tradition held, many of you walked through our doors with lovers, family, and friends to meet the fragrance of fresh pine, cinnamon, and delightful aroma from our kitchen. You've watched with swelling hearts the children's choir sing during dining. You have all been greeted with a sincere and heartfelt "Merry Christmas" as you stomped your snow-filled boots in our foyer, only to be instantly transported to Victorian hospitality. We strived to make you feel nostalgic, served, and satiated. It was our distinct pleasure. But not this year, nor last year...and most likely the 2024 Yuletide Season either! Our case continues to work its way through the legal system and, despite our efforts to place this case on a fast track, the court scheduled the trial for August 2024, if we can't resolve the case before then! We continue advancing our position that The Historic Holly Hotel should be entitled to rebuild its west-side wall. Were it not for a fire with an origin that was confirmed to be within the former Arcade building and were it not for the Arcade’s contractor destroying the west-side wall, we would not be in this situation. We will continue trying to move forward to the best of our ability. Many of you have asked how you could help. Your daily emails, antique donations, pictures of Christmases past, prayers, and good wishes fall warmly on our hearts. Thank you for supporting our efforts to reopen. Make Merry this Holiday Season! George and Chrissy