Desmond Hotel Bread Pudding - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 hotdog rolls or 6 large croissants
1 quart heavy cream
5 eggs
2 cups sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup sugar
5 eggs

Preparation

PUDDING: -Place heavy cream in sauce pan and scald (bubbles around the edge) DO NOT BOIL -Mix eggs and sugar in separate bowl and beat well -Spray Pam in a 9 x 13 pan -Tear rolls or croissants and place in 9 x 13 pan -SLOWLY add the scalded cream into the egg mixture and quickly whisk (if you add to fast it will scramble the eggs) -Add vanilla -Pour over the bread in the pan and let it soak up till all is absorbed. You may have to push the bread down into the cream mixture. -Cover and Bake for 1 hour on 350, then uncover and brown for approx 5 minutes.
SAUCE: -Mix eggs with 1/2 of the 1/2 cup of sugar in a bowl -Mix other 1/2 of sugar and cream in a sauce pan and bring to boil, immediately turning off heat -Slowly add the cream to the eggs and whisk over a double boiler until thick -Then over an ice bath and whisk till cool.