Savory Bread Pudding

attosa
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Savory Bread Pudding ready to serve I think when most people think of bread pudding, they immediately think of a soft and sweet dessert. This recipe uses up your stale bread and turns it into delightful savoury pudding you can serve as a side dish or as a meal. It's cheesy and smooth with a beautiful crisp crust.

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour

Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes

Ingredients:

1/2 small onion, chopped
6 ounces spinach, chopped
10 mushrooms, sliced
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp freshly ground pepper
1 tsp granulated bouillon
2 large eggs
1/2 cup milk
2 cups stale bread, cubed
butter or oil for greasing
1/2 cup cheddar or mozzarella cheese

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 F. In a large pan over medium high heat, and a bit of oil and saute chopped onion until softened, a couple minutes.

Add sliced mushrooms to onions and cook a few minutes, stirring frequently.

Add spinach to pan along with bouillon granules, salt, pepper and 2 tablespoons of water. Cook for a couple minutes, stirring frequently. Remove from heat.

In a bowl, whisk together the eggs and milk.

Take 1/4 cup of the cubed bread and set aside. Pour the rest into the egg and milk mixture.

Stir thoroughly so all the pieces of bread are soaked.

Pour the spinach mixture into the bread mixture and stir well.

adding sautéed vegetables to egg, milk and bread

Grease a baking dish on the bottom and sides.

Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish. Begin pushing cubes of cheese into the mixture.

Take the 1/4 cup of bread cubes you set aside and crumble on top of mixture. Top with more cheese.

Bake for about an hour, until it's puffed, browned, and a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

Let the pudding cool for 15 minutes, then serve warm.

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Anonymous

November 24, 20170 found this helpful

This sounds delicious and quite versatile!

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attosa
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December 15, 20170 found this helpful

Very versatile! I'm making one with kale and onion tonight!

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November 25, 20170 found this helpful

Wonderful recipe and I'll definitely make one soon.

I did somewhat the same recently using leftover stuffing and meat from our Canadian Thanksgiving turkey. With a little ingenuity and time, I made three wonderful "meat loaves" that I baked for about 15 minutes only because everything was already cooked then I froze them.

I've defrosted and served one loaf and it was great. It's definitely a keeper new receipe.

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attosa
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November 25, 20170 found this helpful

Hi Mina! That sounds like a fantastic version you made! Great way to make use of leftover dinner... surely very comforting and flavourful, as well. Happy holidays!

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likekinds
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January 4, 20180 found this helpful

This sounds too good not to share. So glad you did. I will be making this and I will see to it that my sister gets a copy of the recipe as well.

Thanks!

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