As a tribute, here's her recipe for bread pudding, from her novel Heartburn, which we have in the cookbooks section;
Recipe: Caramelized Mush Bread Pudding
Ingredients:
2 cups sugar
2 sticks butter, softened
2 1/2 cups whole milk
1 can sweetened condensed milk (Eagle Brand)
1 1/2 teaspoons nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 loaf good bread, torn in chunks
1 cup raisins
6 eggs, beaten
2 tablespoons vanilla
Method:
With an electric mixer in a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar until
well mixed and add the eggs one at a time. Add the milk with the mixer
on low then add all the remaining ingredients except the bread. Remove
from the mixer and and then dump in the torn bread. Mix briefly and
carefully.
Pour into a large buttered casserole. Bake in a 350° oven for 2 hours.
Stir thoroughly from bottom to top, including the sides, after the first
hour.
Serve with cream, although it is rich enough to eat all by itself- the
cream actually breaks up the sweetness.
This is really rich so serves perhaps 8-10.
Heartburn, the book :http://www.amazon.com/Heartburn-Nora-Ephron/dp/0679767959/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1315548405&sr=1-1
It was the first time I'd run into the term 'sticks [of] butter' , which I didn't see in the flesh till much later; I ended up overbuttering, making even more rich. Quarter pound, about 1/8 kilo. So two sticks, quarter kilo.
It is wonderful, and now I have gluten intolerance I can't make it any more.
Actually, hold it, I've got the recipe from an untrustworthy source. I distinctly remember that Ephron didn't say 'good bread' - she specifically said crap bread, worse the better. Back online.
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4 comments:
The best bread pudding I've tased or made. Been making it for years. Worst bread is correct. I like to use hamburger buns or hot dog buns. You do not use Eagle Brand condensed mile. You use regular canned milk.
Best bread pudding. It's like carmelized mush. Worst bread is correct not good bread and I use hamburger or hotdog buns. Eagle Brand condensed milk is not correct. Use one can of regular condensed canned milk. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED - REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
The best bread pudding I've tased or made. Been making it for years. Worst bread is correct. I like to use hamburger buns or hot dog buns. You do not use Eagle Brand condensed mile. You use regular canned milk.
Sorry, Demyo - ninety-nine out of a hundred comments are spam, so I hold them back till I can review them; and this time I was away with a cold... and so you tripled up. My apologies.
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