Peruvian Budín de Pan Recipe

Delicious, sweet and homely recipe favorite made with inexpensive ingredients

📝 Ingredients

• 500 g. baguette or French bread *
• 4 cups liquid milk (full-fat cream)
• 2 cups sugar (refined )
• 4 large eggs
• 2 tablespoon butter (melted)
• 3/4 cup raisins
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1 teaspoon orange or lemon zest
• 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 tablespoon water

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Preheat the oven to 350°F / 180°C. With your hands, crumble all the bread into small pieces (maximum 2 cm in diameter). Place the breadcrumbs in a large bowl for mixing.
2. 2Pour the milk over the breadcrumbs. Stir with a hand mixer, and very patiently mix all the bread with the milk, until all the breadcrumbs are moist. Stir for a couple of minutes until you get a thick paste. The consistency of this dish should be lumpy, so avoid using a blender.
3. 3Add the eggs one at a time. Each time you add an egg, give it a good stir before adding the next.
4. 4Lastly, add the sugar, melted butter, vanilla essence, and lemon zest. Stir so that the sugar is completely dissolved in the mixture. Sprinkle raisins on top. Stir once more to distribute and let the mixture rest while you prepare the caramel.
5. 5Turn the stove to medium-low heat. Place the mold on the stove, add the water and sugar. Stir with a teaspoon until all the sugar is hydrated. Don’t stir this mixture too much as the sugar will caramelize. Cook for just a few minutes until golden brown.
6. 6After the first five minutes, the sugar and water mixture should be boiling vigorously. Wait another five minutes until it becomes dense and a nice golden color. Turn off the stove.
7. 7Grasp the mold with tongs or gloves, and gently rotate it to distribute the caramel. Let it cool for a few minutes.
8. 8Pour cake mix into the pan. Next, place the pan with the bread pudding inside a larger fireproof glass pan filled with 3 cm of water. This type of cooking apparatus or method is called a bain-marie.
9. 9Take it to the oven for about half an hour to forty minutes. When the surface of the cake is golden brown, remove it from the oven and let cool for at least two hours.
10. 10Remove the pudding, start by separating the edges of the cake from the mold by inserting a sharp knife.
11. 11Serve in small pieces. Prepare 12 servings from the ingredients in this recipe.