Pear Bread Pudding

Title: Pear Bread Pudding

Categories: Heritage

Servings: 6

1/2 c Raisins

1/4 c Rum or 1 tsp rum extract & w

-Rum extract & 1 tsp water

2 c Pears; peeled, sliced, ripe

1/2 c Sugar

4 c Bread; white, coarsely torn

3 c Milk

1 c Cream; or evaporated milk

3 Eggs

1 ts Vanilla

Preheat oven to 350F. Heat rum mixture and pour over raisins; set

1 tbsp of butter in frypan, add pears and cook

5 minutes. Add

1/4 cup sugar, stir and cook

2 more minutes and then put aside. Place bread

in bowl. Scald milk and pour over bread. Let soak 5 minutes. Add raisin

mixture and pears with syrup. Beat together eggs, rest of sugar, vanilla

and stir in bread mixture. Pour in buttered baking dish, bake at 350F for 50 minutes.

Source: mom's recipe, similar to a recipe her Aunt Truie served

posted by Anne MacLellan --