Chocolate Bread Pudding

Ingredients

• 2 ounces butter
• 4 cups French bread, 1 inch cube
• 3 ounces unsweetened chocolate
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 3 egg yolks
• 3/4 cup sugar

Directions

1. 1

   Melt butter in a bowl, toss with bread. In a sauce pan, brink milk and cream to a boil and remove from heat. Add cream mixture to chocolate, whisking until combined well. Pour custard over bread. Let pudding stand, covered, one hour.

2. 2

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees and butter a pan.

3. 3

   Transfer pudding to pan and bake in middle of oven until just set, but still trembles slightly, about 25 minutes. Serve pudding warm or at room temperature.