Goat Cheese Bread Pudding

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inspiration: Every Saturday morning we seem to find ourselves at one of our favorite places to have brunch - Hundred Acres in New York City.  They make a Goat Cheese Bread Pudding, topped with a wilted spinach salad and two poached eggs on top.  It is so amazing that we were inspired to make it our own way.  Surprisingly, bread pudding is very easy to make and we don't know why we haven't learned this before.

ingredients:

  • 2 cups whole milk
  • 5 eggs
  • 2 tsp. fresh thyme
  • 1 tbsp. parsley, finely chopped
  • 2 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. pepper
  • 1 loaf of white bread, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
  • 10 oz. goat cheese or chèvres, crumbled
  • butter for greasing the pan

method: Preheat oven to 300°F. Lightly grease a loaf pan with butter. Set aside. Whisk together the milk, eggs, thyme, parsley, and salt and pepper to taste in a medium bowl.  Add the crumbled goat cheese and with a fork and crush the cheese into the liquid.  Add the bread cubes and toss to combine - the mixture should be nice and wet.  Allow the bread to soak for about 30 minutes.

Pour bread mixture into the prepared loaf pan and bake in the oven for 2 hours, until the top is golden and gives resistance to the touch, or a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove from the oven and let cool for a few minutes before serving.

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