Don't throw out your stale bread. Turn it into this custardy dessert that is bread pudding. One of my favourite things to do is collect little pieces from different loaves of bread (French, Italian) to give it some real texture and flavour excitement. :)
Total Time: 45 minutes
Yield: 4
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When I was growing up, we were quite poor. Homemade bread pudding was one of the few desserts we had when it wasn't a holiday. Mama made them with stale biscuits (not cookies, bread).
I'm sure your father loves your pudding, and I bet it stirs up some very pleasant memories.
You hit the nail on my head with my father! This message made me SO HAPPY!!!!!!
I would love to try the biscuit bread style. Have you ever made it yourself? :)
I have never made bread pudding. Even so, I can give you a bit of advice. People who aren't familiar with true Southern cooking and aren't 'biscuit connoisseurs' wouldn't know a good biscuit if they ate one. They think biscuits are supposed to be as high as you can get them. This is totally wrong. The higher the biscuit, the more 'gom' or doughy center.
The biscuit crust is the best part, so there should be little 'innards'. If you plan on making your own biscuits to be used in bread pudding, make sure the biscuits are not thick. Pictured below are some biscuits I made. They would be ideal for bread pudding.
So interesting! I'd never even heard of gom before. I, too, thought the higher the biscuit, the better (as far as American biscuits). Thanks for this knowledge. Now I REALLY want biscuits!
Your father might know the word 'gom'. It is old English. 'Gommy' refers to a texture that is sticky or pasty.
So you want biscuits?
I was just told about gom :) Haha! Thanks! That looks FABULOUS! I think I'll make some tomorrow!!!
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