Recipe - Cp Xmas Bread Pudding

9 Wholewheat bread slices
3 Egg yolks; beaten
1 One half cup Light cream
1/3 cup Sugar
1 ds Salt
1 One half teaspoon Vanilla extract
2/3 cup Light raisins
2/3 cup Dark raisins
1/3 cup Candied red cherries; halved
1 cup Water
Sherry sauce ingredients:
2 Eggs; beaten
2 tablespoon Cream sherry
One fourth teaspoon Vanilla
One half cup Whipping cream

Remove crusts from bread; set crusts aside for another use. Cover bread
slices with paper towels and let stand overnight.
For custard, in heavy med. saucepan combine 3 egg yolks, light cream,
sugar and salt. Cook and stir over med. heat. Continue till mixture coats a
spoon. Remove from heat; cool at once by placing pan in sink of ice water.
Stir for 2 minutes. Stir in 1 One half tsp. vanilla. Cover surface w/plastic
wrap. In sm. bowl, combine raisins; set aside. Combine cherries. Pour only
2/3 cup warm sherry over raisins; pour remaining sherry over cherries. Fold
cut bread (about 9 cups) into custard till coated. Grease a 6 1/2cup tower
mold (without tube). Drain raisins and chrries, reserving sherry. Arrange
One fourth of cherries in bottom of mold; sprinkle 1/3 cup raisins into mold. Add
One fourth of bread mixture. Sprinkle with 2 T. reserved sherry. Repeat layers 3
times, arranging cherries and raisins near edges of mold. Lightly press
last layer with back of spoon.
Pour remaining sherry over all.
Cover mold tightly with foil. Set mold into 3 One half or 4 qt. crockpot
with liner in place. Pour 1 cup water into cooker around mold. Cover; cook on
lowheat about 5 One half hrs. or high for 3 hrs. or till pudding springs back
when touched.Remove mold from crockpot and let stand for 10 minutes.
Carefully unmold onto serving platter. Serve warm with sherry sauce
(below). TO DO AHEAD: Remove from mold, cover and chill. Before serving,
return to same mold. Cover with foil, and place in crockpot. Then pour 1
cup of water around mold. Cook in crockpot for 1 One half hours (or 'til warm)
on high setting.Unmold and serve warm with sherry sauce. SHERRY SAUCE: In
mixing bowl: combine 2 egg yolks, powdered sugar, 2 T sherry and One fourth t.
vanilla. Beat whipping in small mixing bowl till sosft peaks form. Gently
fold whipped cream into egg yolk mixture. Cover and chill till serving
time. Serve warm.

Posted to MMRecipes Digest V4 #186 by novmom@juno.com (Angela Gilliland)
on May 12, 1997