Double Chocolate Bread Pudding With Dulce De Leche

Submitted by Pinay0618

"Sinful stuff! Recipe is from allyou magazine."

 

• Ready In: 4hrs 50mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• Dulce de leche

• 2 (14 ounce) cans sweetened condensed milk

• Pudding

• 1 lb day-old loaf French bread, cut into 1-inch cubes
• 8 ounces semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
• 1 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups whole milk
• 1 1⁄2 cups half-and-half
• 6 large eggs, beaten
• 1 teaspoon instant espresso powder
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

directions

1. Make dulce de leche: Pour condensed milk into a bowl; set over a pot of simmering water. Cook, stirring occasionally, until sauce is very thick and golden brown, about 2 1/2 hours. Add more water to pot during cooking time, if necessary. Remove bowl; set aside to cool.
2. Make pudding: Butter a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Spread bread in dish; sprinkle with chocolate. In a bowl, whisk both sugars, cocoa and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk milk, half-and-half and eggs. Dissolve espresso in vanilla; whisk into egg mixture. Whisk egg mixture into bowl with cocoa mixture. Pour over bread cubes. Cover loosely; let stand for 1 hour. Preheat oven to 325°F.
3. Remove cover. Bake pudding until puffed and set in center, 50 minutes to 1 hour. Insert a small knife into center; it should come out clean. Let stand for 10 minutes. Drizzle with dulce de leche and serve with ice cream, if desired.