Onion Bread Pudding

Submitted by yooper

"Like French Onion Soup? You'll love this amazing savory bread pudding along side a beef roast or chicken, or heck just make it on it's own--cheesy and oniony and bubbly."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 8 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon corn oil or 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 8 cups thinly sliced onions
• 1⁄4 cup dry vermouth
• 1 garlic clove, split
• 6 ounces stale crusty French bread, cut into chunks
• 2 cups grated gruyere or 2 cups swiss cheese
• 3 eggs
• 2 cups half-and-half
• salt & freshly ground black pepper

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Melt 4 tablespoons butter with the corn or vegetable oil in a heavy pot.
3. Toss in the onions, cover and steam over low heat for 15 minutes.
4. Uncover the pot raise the heat to medium, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions re deeply browned and caramelized.
5. Pour in the vermouth and boil until the liquid cooks away, scraping the bottom of the pot with a wooden spoon all the while.
6. Choose a shallow round 1 1/2-quart casserole dish Rub it thoroughly with the cut sides of the garlic clove.
7. Discard the garlic.
8. Toss the bread and onions together.
9. Spread them in the casserole dish.
10. Melt the remaining butter and pour over the bread.
11. Sprinkle on the cheese.
12. Beat the eggs slightly and beat in the half and half and salt and pepper.
13. Pour the mixture evenly over the bread and cheese.
14. Press the bread into the liquid with a spatula.
15. (The dish may be covered and refrigerated overnight. Bring to room temperature before baking)
16. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes until puffed and golden.
17. Serve at once.

Reviews

[MsKittyKat]

This was fabulous! It tasted just like french onion soup. Everyone loved it and this is bound to become one of the top requested dishes at our family gatherings. The only change I made was that I used sour dough bread instead of french. Thanks for a great recipe

 

[Jonathan Melendez]

This tasted just like French onion soup!! Caramelizing the onions take a bit of time but it's well worth the effort. It's just perfect!

 

[Sherri at the Beach]

I absolutely loved the base of this recipe which I made with a few changes. One, I made recipe #25241 which left me with some leftover bacon fat. I used this instead of the butter and oil to brown the onions. I was out of vermouth and skipped this step. I added an extra clove of garlic and like other, after rolling around in the bowl, chopped it and added to cooking onion mixture. Followed the rest of the instructions and for our Easter dinner, EVERYONE raved about this dish. To say it is like french onion soup is misleading, it is even better. The only thing that kept me from giving it 5 stars was the high amount of fat which I thought was a bit much. But the flavors, fantastic! I will make this again. I'm thinking for Thanksgiving, making it but with poultry season added for a new wave stuffing. Delicious!

 

[*Parsley*]

This is excellent! I've already decided to add this to my holiday menu. I used big, sweet Spanish onions. I cut the butter down to 6 tbsp and used fat free half and half and it was still rich, cheesey and savory. After I rubbed the garlic in the dish I crushed it and added it right into the onions. If you love onions, you will LOVE this! Thanx for sharing!

 

[JanetB-KY]

Very very good. My picky kids wouldn't eat it but it is more of an adult dish & I was expecting that. I don't keep vermouth in the house & didn't want to buy it just for this so I used Burgundy instead & it worked great. Wine & onions is a no miss combo anyway. I also used heavy cream to up the "sinfulness" of this. Worked great and was delicious. Thanks for a great recipe Yooper!