Gale Gand's Grilled Buttermilk Bread Pudding with Rhubarb-Pear Compote
Think of this easy bread pudding recipe like a grilled dessert French toast. Top the bread pudding recipe with sauce made from rhubarb, pear, orange juice, wine, and more.
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Gale Gand's Grilled Buttermilk Bread Pudding with Rhubarb-Pear Compote
Directions
- For a gas grill, preheat with outer burner(s) on medium, center burner on low. (For a charcoal grill, set up for indirect cooking.) Clean grill well. In bowl whisk eggs; whisk in sugar, vanilla, and a pinch of salt. Gradually whisk in buttermilk and cream. Transfer mixture to shallow baking dish. Working in batches if necessary, soak bread slices 1 to 2 minutes per side.
- With tongs, oil grill with a paper towel dipped in cooking oil. Lay soaked bread slices on cooler part of grill; grill about 2 minutes until golden brown. Turn and repeat on other side. Serve right off the grill with Pear-Rhubarb Compote. Makes 6 servings.
Rhubarb-Pear Compote
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. In a large bowl stir together orange juice, honey, wine, brown sugar, vanilla bean, cornstarch, and cinnamon. Add pears, seeded and cut into quarters, and rhubarb. Pour into a 3-quart baking dish and bake until tender, 25 to 30 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Nutrition Facts (Gale Gand's Grilled Buttermilk Bread Pudding with Rhubarb-Pear Compote)
- Per serving:
- 702 kcal ,
- 28 g fat
- (12 g sat. fat ,
- 4 g polyunsaturated fat ,
- 10 g monounsaturated fat ),
- 234 mg chol. ,
- 412 mg sodium ,
- 102 g carb. ,
- 5 g fiber ,
- 62 g sugar ,
- 14 g pro.