Bread pudding
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Bread pudding is a popular bread-based
Savory puddings like breakfast strata may be served as main courses, while sweet puddings are typically eaten as desserts.
In other languages, its name is a translation of "bread pudding" or even just "pudding", for example "pudín" or "budín".[1][2] In the Philippines, banana bread pudding is popular. In Mexico, there is a similar dish eaten during Lent called capirotada.[3] In Liverpool in the United Kingdom, a moist version of Nelson cake, itself a bread pudding, is nicknamed "Wet Nelly".[4][5]
History
Bread pudding originated with 11th-century English cooks who repurposed leftover stale bread. In the following centuries, the dish became known as "poor man's pudding" because of the scarcity of food at the time, with the pudding being made only with boiling water, sugar, and spices.
It was only in the 13th century that eggs and milk were added to the recipe, which then became known as Bread and butter pudding.[7]

The 18th-century English cookbook The Compleat Housewife contains two recipes for baked bread pudding. The first is identified as "A Bread and Butter Pudding for Fasting Days".
With the arrival of the first settlers in the 13 English Colonies in America, bread pudding became popular in the colonies and later in the United States.[7]

Regional variations
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Asia
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In Malaysia, bread pudding is eaten with custard sauce.[citation needed]
In the Philippines, stale unsold bread is commonly used by bakeries to make the characteristically bright-red filling of pan de regla.[9]
In
In Turkey, bread pudding is known as ekmek kadayıfı and served with a slice of kaymak or ice cream on top of the cake which is garnished with ground pistachio or shredded coconut.
In Myanmar, bread pudding known as "Pu Tin" in Burmese has been a popular dessert since colonial times. It is also added to a desert known as Falooda.[10]
In Bangladesh, a variation of bread pudding called Shahi Tukra, has existed in the region since Mughal times. Shahi Tukra (also spelled Tukda) is known in Hyderabad as Double Ka Meetha.
Americas
In Canada, bread pudding is sometimes made with maple syrup.[11] In Quebec, it is made with blueberries and a maple syrup based sauce.[12]
In Puerto Rico, there are many variations of bread pudding on the island. Cream cheese with lime zest and guava or coconut-sweet plantain with rum raisins is perhaps the most popular. Bread pudding is always made with a variety of spices. Puerto Rican bread pudding is cooked the same as crème caramel with caramel poured into a baking dish and then the pudding mix is poured on top. The baking dish is placed in a bain-marie and then in the oven.[13]
In Argentina, Peru, Paraguay, and Uruguay, bread pudding is known as "budín de pan".[14][15]

In Brazil, bread pudding is known as "pudim de pão". The dish consists of bread, eggs, milk, condensed milk, butter, vanilla extract, and a pinch of cinnamon (optional). However, all the ingredients are mixed together in a blender and poured into a bundt-like mold (with a hole in the middle) lined with caramelized sugar syrup, which is then baked in a water bath for about 1 hour and a half. Afterwards, it is left to cool before unmolding and serving. When ready, its appearance can be compared to a creamy yet dense flan.[16]
In Panama, bread pudding is known as "mamallena".[17]
In Aruba, bread pudding is known as "pan bolo".[citation needed]
In Cuba, bread pudding is known as "pudín de pan"[18] and many serve it with a guava marmalade.[1]
In Chile, bread pudding is known as "colegial" or "budín de pan".[2]
In Mexico it is simply known as "budín" and is usually made with bolillo leftovers. It's typically made with raisins and pecans.
In the
Europe
In the United Kingdom, bread pudding is made with seasonings such as nutmeg and cinnamon. It is served with a rum or whisky sauce or a hot custard.
In
In Hungary, it is called Máglyarakás (literally, "bonfire") which is baked with whipped egg whites on top.[20]

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In the
See also
References
- ^ a b "Queen of All Pudding". Edible South Florida. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
- ^ a b Guerra, Francisca (27 September 2014). "Colegiales o Budin de pan chileno". Fran is in the Kitchen. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ Villapol, Nitza; Martha Martínez (1956). Cocina al minuto. La Habana, Cuba: Roger A. Queralt – Artes Gráficas. p. 254.
- ^ "Wet Nelly". National Trust. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
- ISBN 9781786946041.
- ^ "History of Bread Pudding". Julee Ho Media (photography blog). 2020-02-20. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
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- ^ Hémard, Ned (2013). "NO REAL FRENCH WORD for Pudding". New Orleans Nostalgia. New Orleans Bar Association.
- ^ "Pan de Regla". Ang Sarap. 10 December 2021.
- ^ "Faluda: A Burmese Summer Dessert Drink".
- ^ Riedl, Sue (5 December 2011). "Maple bread pudding". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
- ^ "Pouding au pain aux bleuets et sa sauce à l'érable".
- ^ "Budin (Puerto Rican Bread Pudding) Recipe". Allrecipes. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
- ^ Balaguer, Adriana (6 November 2020). "Chula Gálvez: la pastelera de las flores que aprendió a cocinar con su abuelo en un horno familiar que nadie usaba". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- Página/12(in Spanish). Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "Pudim de Pão | Receitas Nestlé". www.receitasnestle.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-06-08.
- ISBN 8437819636.
- ISBN 0-02-860998-0.
- ISBN 9781563054112. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- ^ "The queen of leftovers: the Hungarian bread pudding". 6 November 2021.
- ^ admin (2023-09-21). "Holiday Comfort Food: Panettone Bread and Butter Pudding Recipe". Cook Favor. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
External links
Media related to Bread puddings at Wikimedia Commons
Bread pudding at the Wikibooks Cookbook subproject