Pina Colada Bread Pudding
 
 
from Delicious Disney Desserts
Ingredients
For the bread pudding:
  • 12 slices raisin bread
  • ½ cup fresh pineapple, finely chopped
  • 2 tablespoons melted butter
  • 2 cups whole milk
  • 6 eggs, beaten
  • ½ cup heavy cream
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 4 tablespoons coconut milk
  • 2 tablespoons coconut rum (optional)
For the vanilla rum sauce:
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 2 teaspoons cornstarch
  • 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons whole milk, divided
  • 2 tablespoons sugar, divided
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 tablespoon coconut rum (or 1 teaspoon rum extract)
Method
For the bread pudding:
  1. Preheat broiler. Cut bread into 1-inch cubes, spread on a cookie sheet and broil until golden brown (watch them closely--they'll burn quickly!). Remove from broiler and reduce heat to 350.
  2. Combine toasted bread cubes and pineapple in a large bowl.
  3. Spread bread mixture into a 13x9 baking pan. Drizzle with melted butter.
  4. Warm milk in a medium saucepan over medium heat--do not boil. Whisk in eggs, heavy cream, sugar, coconut milk, and rum. Remove from heat.
  5. Pour custard over bread mixture. Press bread down into the liquid with a fork until everything is well soaked.
  6. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until pudding springs back in the center when pressed.
For the rum sauce:
  1. Combine egg yolks, cornstarch, 2 tablespoons milk and 1 tablespoon sugar in a small mixing bowl, stirring until smooth.
  2. Combine 1 cup milk, remaining sugar and vanilla in a small pan over medium heat. Bring to a boil.
  3. Whisk egg yolk mixture into boilding milk.
  4. Immediately pour into a bowl in an ice bath so your sauce does not curdle. Add rum and whisk.
To serve:
  1. While warm, cut pudding into 12 squares. Drizzle with rum sauce before serving.
Recipe by Kitchen Meets Girl at https://kitchenmeetsgirl.com/pina-colada-bread-pudding/