Ruth’s Chris Steak House: Ruth’s Bread Pudding Recipe


Serves: 4

Ingredients:
1 stick Sweet butter
1/2 cup Light brown sugar
1 Tbsps Vanilla extract
1/2 qt Milk
1/2 cup Raisins
1/2 Tbsp Cinnamon
A pinch of nutmeg
A pinch of salt
1 Tbsp Bourbon
6 Eggs, beaten
1¾ cups Sugar
1 (8 oz) loaf French bread cut into 1/2" cubes
1 small apple, peeled, cored and cut into 1/2" dice
1/2 qt Half & half
Vanilla ice cream as needed
Sweet Cream Sauce (optional)
Whiskey Sauce (optional)

Sweet Cream Sauce Ingredients and Procedure:
2 cups heavy cream
1½ cups sugar
8 egg yolks (whites discarded)
1 tsp vanilla extract
Place cream and 3/4 cup sugar in pot. Mix well and heat until it starts to boil. Place egg yolks, remaining sugar and vanilla in separate bowl. Mix until well blended. Whisk simmering cream into egg mixture and mix well. Transfer mixture into double boiler for 8-12 minutes, stirring constantly. Pass through strainer and cool.

Whiskey Sauce Ingredients and Procedure:
2 cups Sweet Cream Sauce
3 Tbsps Jack Daniel’s
Measure out sweet cream and Jack Daniel’s and whip together well. Refrigerate.

Bread Pudding Procedure:
Combine sugars and divide in half. Add cinnamon, eggs, vanilla, bourbon and salt to half of the sugar. In a saucepan, combine milk, half & half and butter with the other half of the sugar and bring to a boil.

Whisk milk mixture into egg mixture, add raisins and apples. Add bread cubes and let stand until soaked through to center. Stir in a few raisins from the bottom and sprinkle a few on top. Pour into buttered baking dish (8 x 10 x 3 inches) and bake at 375° for 45 minutes. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

Top with your choice of sauce




Recipe Type: Authentic
Recipe Author: Ruth’s Chris Steak House
Original Photograph By: Ruth’s Chris Steak House/typeadesign.com
Photograph Retouched By: Recipe Spy
Restaurant: Ruth’s Chris Steak House
Source: http://typeadesign.com/Samples/TypeADesign_Flavor-recipe-0411.pdf
Source: http://www.midweek.com/a-taste-of-ruths-chris-bread-pudding/
Source: http://thelocalhoney.com/2010/07/12/ruths-chris-bread-pudding/