Recipe - White Chocolate Bread Pudding

1 Loaf Brioche; Challah, or
other
; sweet bread
4 ounce Butter; melted
16 ounce White chocolate; chunked
2 cup Milk
2 cup Heavy cream
2/3 cup Sugar
1 Vanilla bean; split
8 lg Eggs

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Cut the brioche loaf into 1 inch dice. Place in a 2 quart baking dish.
Drizzle with melted butter. Toss chunked white chocolate with bread cubes.

Combine milk, cream, sugar, and vanilla bean to a boil over medium heat
until sugar is disolved. Whisk eggs until smooth. Add hot milk mixture to
eggs slowly, stirring contsantly. Do not wisk or custard will have a great
deal of foam on the surface. Skim foam from custard. Strain custard over
bread and chocolate. Let stand for 10 minutes to allow custard to soak into
bread.

Place baking dish in another larger pan. Pour hot water into larger dish to
reach 1 inch up side of dish. Bake the bread pudding for about 45 minutes
to 1 hour, until custard is set and brioche is golden. Yield: 16