Chocolate Raspberry Bread Pudding

Bread is what you can find in my little kitchen everyday. My younger daughter love to have her bread everyday without fail thus, mom have to keep stock to satisfy her little appetite. I was thinking to give a little twist to the classic bread pudding recipe and came up with chocolate raspberry bread pudding. I bought 2 pints of fresh raspberries and popped some into this humble bread pudding.

For the very best bread pudding always use day old or stale bread. I cut few chunks of stale bread and made a creamy custard to soak the bread chunks evenly. Decided to dump in a handful fresh raspberries into the mixture for that sweet and tart flavour. Rich chocolate swirl on every bite, was indeed heavenly delicious. Homemade rich chocolate sauce drizzled over the baked bread pudding and top with fresh vibrant red raspberries. An absolutely feast for eyes as well as for tummy.

Ingredients

1 loaf of stale baguet, cut into bite sized chunks
3 large egg
2 cups full cream milk
1 cup granulated white sugar
1 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
4 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
1 pint fresh raspberries


For Chocolate Sauce

3/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 tbsp unsalted butter

Methods

Preheat oven to 350'F or 176'C. Lightly butter 6 medium sized ramekins and set aside.

In a large bowl, beat brown sugar,granulated white sugar,eggs,melted butter and vanilla extract. Stir in the milk and heavy cream.

Add the bread chunks and mix well until all the bread chunks are well coated with the custard. Let them mixture sit for 5-10 minutes.

Stir in the chocolate chips and fresh raspberries. Divide the mixture evenly to the prepared ramekins.

Bake for 35-40 minutes or until the bread pudding slightly browned on the top. Cool on wire rack.

For Chocolate Sauce

In a medium bowl, add butter and cream and heat over a medium flame.

Add chocolate chips and stir until completely dissolved and the sauce turns smooth.

Pour the chocolate sauce on the baked bread pudding and top with more fresh raspberries.

Enjoy warm