12 slice french bread, 3/4 thick
1/2 cup butter, melted
4 cup half-and-half
1 1/4 cup sugar
10 egg yolks
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 pinch salt
4 large peaches, peeled, pitted, and thinly sliced
1 cup toasted pecan halves
1 vanilla ice cream or whipped cream, for accompaniment
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Brush bread with some of the melted
butter. Put bread slices on a baking sheet and bake until golden brown
(about 10 minutes).
2. In a medium saucepan over medium-low heat, bring half-and-half to a
simmer (bubbles will appear at edge of pan). In a 3-quart bowl, beat
sugar with egg yolks; whisk hot half-and-half into egg-sugar mixture.
Stir in vanilla and salt; set aside.
3. Pour remaining butter into a 9- by 12-inch baking dish. Place 6
bread slices in dish; strain half of egg-custard mixture through a
wire mesh strainer over bread. Distribute sliced peaches over
bread-custard mixture; top with pecans. Arrange remaining bread over
fruit and strain remaining egg-custard mixture over bread. Let stand
1 hour, covered with plastic wrap, or refrigerate up to 6 hours.
4. If refrigerated, remove from refrigerator about 2 hours before
serving. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Bake, uncovered, until golden
brown and slightly crusty (about 1-3/4 hours). Serve warm, cut into
squares and topped with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.
Preparation Time: the C
Servings: 9 servings
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The History of Recipes
Written recipes as a concept can be observed far back into distant history, in truth as far into history as the Egypt of the Pharoahs, and maybe even further. Interesting though that maybe, sadly, these early records were just very simple hieroglyphic recipes for preparing meals.
Continuing our culinary historical journey, we find two interesting recipe books published in the 1300s : a recipe book called `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary called `Curye on Inglish`. Amusingly, they have no connection with the indian food that is served today, but rather descriptions of the types of food on the menus of the rich and wealthy people of the period. When we get to the twentieth century, cook books were starting to become popular as a result of more people being able to read, leisure time and being a little richer. |
We hope you enjoy this Peach & Pecan Bread Pudding recipe.
