CHOCOLATE BREAD PUDDING

CHOCOLATE BREAD PUDDING

Ingredients
8pcs day old monroe, big croissant or sweet bread
2cups all purpose cream
1 1/2 cups milk
1/2 pc vanilla bean, or 1 tsp vanilla extract
1tsp cinnamon
1 3/4 cups semi sweet chocolate chips
8pcs egg yolks
3/4cup sugar
1/2cup walnuts, pecans or hazelnuts

Procedure
1. Brush butter onto your baking dish. Slice your bread and layer this in your baking dish
2. In a large saucepan, combine cream, milk, vanilla, cinnamon sticks. Scald, turn it off and let the mixture sit for 30 minutes
3. Reheat the mixture and remove the vanilla bean pod and cinnamon sticks.
4. Add chocolate to hot cream and whisk until completely melted
5. Pour over the sliced bread and let this sit for 40 minutes to 1 hour so that the bread will absorb the liquid
6. Bake at 325F for 45 minutes until set.
7.Cool for 30 minutes before serving
8. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve with a dollop of whipped cream and shaved chocolate