White Chocolate Bread Pudding With Berry Berry Sauce

Bread Pudding
• 3Tbls butter, melted
• + 4Tbls butter melted (used before serving)
• 4 cups heavy cream
• 2 cups milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 ½ Packages white chocolate morsels
• 6 large eggs, plus 12 egg yolks
• 1 tsp. real vanilla
• 1 loaf day-old French bread, cut into small bite size pieces

Preheat oven to 325°. Brush a 9x13 inch pan with 3 Tbls. melted butter. Line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper. In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine the cream, milk, and sugar and heat until just hot. Remove from the heat, add the chocolate morsels, and stir until melted. Set aside.

In a large bowl, whisk together the whole eggs, egg yolks, and vanilla. Whisking constantly, gradually drizzle the warm cream mixture into the eggs, continuing to whisk until smooth and well blended (don’t curdle the eggs!). This is called temper the egg.

Lay half the bread in the bottom of prepared pan. Pour half of the cream mixture over the bread and allow to absorb the liquid, about 5 minutes. Layer the remaining bread on top and pour the rest of the cream mixture over it. Press down on the bread, making certain it completely absorbs the liquid. Cover the pan with foil. Bake the pudding for 1 hour. Uncover and continue to bake until the liquid in the center has evaporated and pudding is golden brown, about 30 minutes longer. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely.

When the bread pudding has cooled, cover and refrigerate until cold. Invert the pan on a cutting board. Peel off parchment paper and trim the crusty edges around the sides. Cut the bread pudding in the desired shape slices. Store in the refrigerator till ready to serve.

When ready to serve preheat oven to 350°. Melt 4 Tbls. butter. Brush baking dish with melted butter, place the bread pudding slices on it, leaving spaces between. Brush remaining melted butter on each slice.. Bake until heated through and lightly browned, about 12 minutes.

Berry Berry Sauce:
• 2 cups fresh or unsweetened frozen mixed berries
• ½ cup water
• ½ cup sugar
• 2 tsp. grated orange zest

Make berry berry sauce by combining water, sugar, and orange zest in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook until thick and syrupy, about 3 minutes. add the mixed berries,, reduce heat to low, and cook until fruit begins to fall apart, about 3 minutes. Let cool and then force the sauce through a fine-mesh sieve to remove the seeds.

White Chocolate Sauce:
• ½ cup heavy cream
• 1 cup white chocolate morsels

Make the white chocolate sauce by warming cream in a saucepan over medium heat until hot. Remove from heat and stir in morsels. Stir constantly until chocolate is completely melted.

To plate the bread pudding. Drizzle berry berry sauce on plate, put bread pudding slice on plate. Pour a spoon full of white chocolate over pudding, Then drizzle more of the berry berry sauce over pudding. Garnish the plate with extra berries and orange twist.