Bread Pudding

Bread pudding is a classic dessert with humble beginnings. In the early 11th century, thrifty cooks re-purposed old and stale bread to create this creamy comfort food. In England, the dish was known as “poor man’s pudding” and incorporates other items that keep well, such as dried fruit, spices, and citrus. The practice of making bread puddings traveled with European colonists to America. Today, while bread pudding remains a practical way to create a dessert from leftovers, the dish has found its way onto the menus of many restaurants.