VANILLA BREAD PUDDING

Ingredients :

1 cup sugar to caramelize mold

3 ½ cups evaporated milk

6 cups vanilla bread or any other sweet flavored bread

6 eggs

1 ¾ cups sugar

¼ cup Port wine or similar

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon orange or lemon peel

4 cups melted butter

1 teaspoon vanilla

½ cup raisins lightly floured, (optional)

Preparation:

Melt sugar in a small saucepan at low heat, until golden. Caramelize a tube cake pan and set aside.

Crumble bread and place in a medium size bowl, pour milk and soak bread pressing with a fork. Add eggs, sugar, melted butter, wine, vanilla, cinnamon, raisins and orange peel. Combine thoroughly.

Pour into caramelized pan and bake in preheated moderate oven 350 °F (175 °C) for 45 minutes approximately. Remove from oven and let cool. Unmold.

10 servings

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