Ube Bread Pudding
This is a Filipino spin on the classic bread pudding dessert. It's one of my favorite ube desserts so far. If I ever open a restaurant, this is going on the menu.
Ingredients
- 3 ½ cups milk
- ½ cup butter
- 10-11 cups cubed stale bread (about 1 loaf of bread)
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup ube halaya
- ¼ cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons ube extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ cups white chocolate chips (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F.
- In a large bowl, add the bread cubes.
- In a medium pot, combine the milk and butter. Heat it up over medium heat until the butter melts.
- In another bowl, whisk the eggs, ube halaya, sugar, ube extract, vanilla extract, and salt until well incorporated. Slowly whisk in the milk and butter.
- Pour the egg mixture over the bread cubes and stir to coat everything evenly. Pour the mixture into a buttered baking dish. Let the mixture sit for 15 minutes to absorb the custard. Please note there should still be a visible pool at the bottom.
- Bake for 35 minutes. Sprinkle on white chocolate chips and bake for another 10-15 minutes until the top is golden brown and a knife inserted into the center comes out clean.