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Costa Rican Pineapple Bread Pudding With Rum Sauce

Here's how you make Costa Rican Pineapple Bread Pudding With Rum Sauce
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  • Servings: 15
  • Prep: 25m
  • Cook: 55-60m
    • The following recipe serves 15 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 pound bread loaf (18 1/2-inch slices, white bread, crusts removed *)
  • 1 can (8 ounce) crushed pineapple (packed in juice, drained, reserve all juice, about 1/2 cup)
  • 1/2 cup coconut, flaked (toasted)
  • 1/2 cup macadamia nuts (chopped)
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted
  • 1 can (12 ounces) evaporated milk
  • 1 can (13.5 ounce) lite coconut milk
  • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 3 large eggs, slightly beaten
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • FOR RUM SAUCE
  • 1/2 cup dark brown sugar (or granulated sugar)
  • 4 teaspoons cornstarch
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1/2 cup pineapple juice (reserved)
  • 1/4 cup rum (dark)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • TO MAKE THE BREAD PUDDING

  • Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking dish.

  • Step 2: Crumble bread into large bowl.

  • Step 3: Add pineapple, shredded coconut, macadamia nuts and melted butter to bread; mix well. Combine evaporated milk, coconut milk, sugar, eggs, cinnamon and nutmeg in another large bowl.

  • Step 4: Add milk mixture to bread mixture. The batter should be moist. Pour into prepared dish.

  • Step 5: Bake for 55 to 60 minutes or until wooden pick comes out clean. Cool on wire rack for 15 minutes.

  • Step 6: Cut into servings.

  • Step 7: Serve with warm Rum Sauce.

  • TO MAKE THE RUM SAUCE

  • Step 8: Combine sugar and cornstarch in small bowl.

  • Step 9: Melt butter in small saucepan over medium heat. Stir sugar mixture and pineapple juice into butter.

  • Step 10: Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture begins to boil. Continue cooking, stirring constantly, for 1 minute or until thick. Remove from heat; stir in rum.

  • Step 11: Serve warm over bread pudding.

  • Hint: Crusts can be left on if that is your preference; pudding will be more bread like!

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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