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[Photograph: Carrie Vasios]

This rich bread pudding makes use of a seasonal favorite: panettone. Panettone is an eggy, sweet Italian christmas bread that often has raisins or candied citrus inside. I like to emphasize that by adding extra to the bread pudding. However if candied fruit isn't to your taste, simply omit it from the recipe.

About the author: Carrie Vasios is the editor of Serious Eats: Sweets. She likes to peruse her large collection of cookbooks while eating jam from the jar. You can follow her on Twitter @carrievasios

About This Recipe

Yield: serves 12
Active time: 15 minutes
Total time: 1 hour 25 minutes
Special equipment: whisk, 9- by 13- inch baking dish

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups (about 10 1/2 ounces) sugar
  • 8 eggs
  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 3 cups whole milk
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 pound panettone, cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 1/2 cup raisins (optional)
  • 1/2 cup chopped candied citrus (optional)

Procedures

  1. Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Butter baking dish.

  2. In a large bowl, whisk together sugar and eggs until homogenous. Add heavy cream, milk, vanilla, and salt and whisk to combine.

  3. Place cubes of bread in baking dish. Sprinkle with raisins and candied citrus if using. Cover with cream mixture. Let stand 10 minutes. Bake pudding until puffed and set, 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes. Let stand 15 minutes before serving.