Creole Bread Pudding Soufflé
Ingredients
STEP 1 – PUDDING INGREDIENTS:
  • 1 Large loaf of French bread enough to fill a 9”x13” baking pan to 3” deep
  • ½cup Don Q Gold rum
  • 2cups White sugar
  • 1cup Brown sugar
  • 1stick Melted butter
  • 1stick Butter cut into 1/2” patties
  • 4 Eggs
  • 1qt Milk
  • 1tbsp Vanilla
  • 1tbsp Ground cinnamon
STEP 2 – SAUCE INGREDIENTS:
  • 2sticks Butter
  • 1cup Brown sugar
  • 1cup White sugar
  • 1tbsp Vanilla
  • 1tsp Cinnamon
  • 1tsp Nutmeg
  • ½cup Milk or cream
  • 1cup Don Q Gold rum or Don Q Añejo rum
Instructions
PUDDING
  1. PROCEDURE: Slice French bread into 1/2” disks and let dry out overnight in a 9”x13” baking pan. Preheat oven to 350º. Whisk eggs with in a large mixing bowl. Add 1 cup of white sugar, brown sugar, milk, vanilla, cinnamon, stick of melted butter and 1/2 cup of Don Q Gold Rum. Pour mixture over bread disks in pan and mash down bread until mixture is completely soaked up by bread. Place 1/2” butter patties randomly over pudding. Sprinkle white sugar across the top and bake for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until the pudding rises high and turns a golden brown. It will fall shortly after removing from the oven. Serve with Don Q Rum sauce while still hot. Can be refrigerated afterwards and easily reheated or served cold with hot rum sauce.
SAUCE
  1. PROCEDURE: Melt sticks of butter with sugar and spices in a saucepan and stir in milk or cream once sugar is melted. Cook until bubbly, then add Don Q Gold Rum or Don Q Añejo Rum and cook on medium for 1 minute. Serve warm over bread pudding servings.