Chocolate Croissant Bread Pudding by Todd Schafer - VeryVera
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Chocolate Croissant Bread Pudding by Todd Schafer

  • Prep Time: 30m
  • Cook Time: 1h

Ingredients

  • 6 large egg yolks
  • 3/4 c sugar
  • 1 c milk
  • 2 c heavy cream
  • 2 vanilla beans
  • 3 chocolate croissants, cut into small cubes
  • 54 chocolate chip wafers
  • chocolate ganache, for serving

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl, whisk together the egg yolks and sugar until it’s a nice pale yellow. Set aside.
  2. Scrape the vanilla beans into a saucepan with the milk and heavy cream. Bring the mixture to a boil. Slowly whisk the egg mixture into the milk mixture.
  3. Strain mixture and chill in an ice bath until cold. Set aside.
  4. Preheat the oven to 350° F. Toast the croissant cubes on a baking sheet until lightly toasted, approximately 6 minutes.
  5. Place the toasted croissant cubes in shallow individual baking dishes.
  6. Lower the oven temperature to 275 F.
  7. Place 9 chocolate pieces over top of croissants in each baking dish.
  8. Pour the chilled cream mixture over the croissants to cover. Place baking dishes on a shallow sheet pan and add water to the sheet pan.
  9. Bake at 275 F until set, about an hour.
  10. Garnish with a chocolate ganache drizzle.

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