Blue Cheese Bread Pudding Recipe

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You can play with the flavor of this recipe by changing the type of blue cheese you use—from sharp Stilton to saltier Gorgonzola.—Crystal Jo Bruns, Iliff, Colorado

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Blue Cheese Bread Pudding Recipe

Prep: 30 min. + standing Bake: 40 min. + standing

Yield: 12 Servings

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Ingredients

1/4 cup butter, cubed
1 medium onion, chopped
3 garlic cloves, minced
2 French bread baguettes (10-1/2 ounces each), cut into 1-inch cubes
4 cups (16 ounces) crumbled blue cheese
5 eggs
5 egg yolks
3 cups heavy whipping cream
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper

Directions

In a small skillet over medium heat, melt butter. Add onion; cook and stir until softened. Reduce heat to medium-low; cook, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes or until onion is golden brown. Add garlic; cook 2 minutes longer.
Place half of the bread in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Layer with onion mixture and half of blue cheese. Top with remaining bread and blue cheese.
In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, egg yolks, cream, salt and pepper. Pour over bread; let stand for 15 minutes or until bread is softened.
Bake, uncovered, at 375° for 40-45 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean. Let stand 10 minutes before serving. Serve warm. Yield: 12 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 piece equals 667 calories, 48 g fat (27 g saturated fat), 299 mg cholesterol, 1,204 mg sodium, 42 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 19 g protein.

Originally published as Blue Cheese Bread Pudding in Country Woman October/November 2010, p33