Mákos guba — poppy seed bread pudding with vanilla sauce

Name: Mákos guba — poppy seed bread pudding with vanilla sauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 lemon; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 2 tbsp wheat flour; 130 g ground poppy seeds; 5 egg yolks; 2 tbsp cold whole milk for the slurry; 2 cups of whole milk for the sauce; 2.5 cups of whole milk for the bread; 350 g stale white bread rolls; 1 pinch of salt; 6 tbsp sugar for the sauce; 0.5 cup of sugar for the bread

Dessert
Hungarian

Stale bread soaked in poppy seed and lemon milk, served with warm vanilla sauce.

Active time25 min

Cooking20 min

Total35 min

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Ingredients

1 lemon
5 egg yolks
2 tbsp cold whole milk for the slurry
2 cups of whole milk for the sauce
2 and a half cups of whole milk for the bread
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp wheat flour
130 g ground poppy seeds
1 pinch of salt
6 tbsp sugar for the sauce
350 g stale white bread rolls
half a cup of sugar for the bread

Preparation

Step completed · 1
Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Cut the bread into chunks and spread on a tray. Bake for 12 min until lightly crisp.
Step completed · 2
Meanwhile, wash and zest the lemon. Heat the bread milk, bread sugar, poppy seeds, zest and salt to a simmer. Place the toasted bread in a dish and pour over the hot mixture. Stir to soak all the pieces.
Step completed · 3
Separate the egg yolks from the whites. Heat the sauce milk. Whisk the yolks with sauce sugar and vanilla. Gradually whisk in the hot milk. Return to the saucepan and heat gently for about 5 min, whisking without a vigorous boil. Mix the flour with the cold slurry milk. Add and simmer gently, stirring until lightly creamy. Serve over the soaked bread.

Allergens

Eggs
Gluten
Milk

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