->Chocolate 06 <-

5 cups cubed bread, without crust

3 cups warm milk

1 1/2 oz unsweetened chocolate

1/4 tsp salt

3 eggs

1/2 cup sugar

1 tsp vanilla

Great Aunt Teddy's Sterling Sauce (see below)

Heat oven to 350 F. Soak bread in milk to which the chocolate has

been added. (You can also try using evaporated milk and diluting

3 egg yolks, sugar, and vanilla,

and beat well. Pour over the bread, and stir lightly with fork

until blended. Fold in 3 stiffly beaten egg whites. Place in

baking dish and set in larger pan. Add hot water to come halfway

up sides. Bake 45-60 minutes-until knife inserted in center comes

out clean. Serve with Sterling Sauce. Sterling Sauce

1/3 cup butter, at room temperature

1 cup brown sugar

4 Tbsp cream

1/2 tsp vanilla

Cream butter and sugar. Add cream and vanilla drop by drop, beating

constantly to avoid separation. Serve with Mary Alison Belding's

Chocolate Bread Pudding.