Gingered Brioche Summer Pudding With Sour Cream Mascarpone

Serves: 3

Olin Prosacco

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

59

Spice

56

Sweetness

54

Sourness

38

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.6

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 cup

Sugar

3 cup

Water

Directions:

1

In a large saucepan bring sugar, water, and gingerroot to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved

2

Stir in fruit and simmer gently, covered, carefully stirring occasionally, until blueberries just begin to burst, about 5 minutes

3

Remove pan from heat and stir in lemon juice

4

Transfer fruit mixture to a shallow baking dish to cool as quickly as possible

5

Transfer 1 1/2 cups cooled fruit mixture to a bowl and reserve, covered and chilled

6

Preheat oven to 400°F

7

On a baking sheet arrange bread slices in one layer and toast in middle of oven, turning them if necessary, until golden brown on both sides

8

Transfer bread to a rack to cool

9

In an 8-inch square glass baking dish set inside a larger shallow baking dish arrange half of bread slices, overlapping slightly if necessary and trimming to fit, and top with half of unchilled fruit mixture

10

Layer remaining bread slices and unchilled fruit mixture in same manner

11

Cover surface of pudding with plastic wrap

12

Put another 8-inch square glass or metal baking dish on top of plastic wrap and weight pudding evenly with about 6 pounds of weight (such as cans of food)

13

(Chill pudding at least 8 hours and up to 1 day

14

) Just before serving, remove weights, baking dish, and plastic wrap from pudding, reserving juice that has spilled over into larger baking dish, and cut pudding into 6 portions

15

Transfer 4 portions with a spatula to plates and spoon reserved juices and chilled fruit mixture around them

16

Serve pudding with sour cream mascarpone

17

In a large saucepan bring sugar, water, and gingerroot to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved

18

Stir in fruit and simmer gently, covered, carefully stirring occasionally, until blueberries just begin to burst, about 5 minutes

19

Remove pan from heat and stir in lemon juice

20

Transfer fruit mixture to a shallow baking dish to cool as quickly as possible

21

Transfer 1 1/2 cups cooled fruit mixture to a bowl and reserve, covered and chilled

22

Preheat oven to 400°F

23

On a baking sheet arrange bread slices in one layer and toast in middle of oven, turning them if necessary, until golden brown on both sides

24

Transfer bread to a rack to cool

25

In an 8-inch square glass baking dish set inside a larger shallow baking dish arrange half of bread slices, overlapping slightly if necessary and trimming to fit, and top with half of unchilled fruit mixture

26

Layer remaining bread slices and unchilled fruit mixture in same manner

27

Cover surface of pudding with plastic wrap

28

Put another 8-inch square glass or metal baking dish on top of plastic wrap and weight pudding evenly with about 6 pounds of weight (such as cans of food)

29

(Chill pudding at least 8 hours and up to 1 day

30

) Just before serving, remove weights, baking dish, and plastic wrap from pudding, reserving juice that has spilled over into larger baking dish, and cut pudding into 6 portions

31

Transfer 4 portions with a spatula to plates and spoon reserved juices and chilled fruit mixture around them

32

Serve pudding with sour cream mascarpone