Kirschmichel sour-cherry bread pudding
A German milk-soaked bread dessert lightened with whipped egg whites and baked around sour cherries beneath golden almonds.
Active time30 min
Cooking1 h
Total2 hResting : 35 min
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Ingredients
- 150 g unsalted butter
- 140 g fresh egg white
- 56 g fresh egg yolk
- 200 ml whole milk
- 50 g flaked almonds
- 1 g fine salt
- 100 g white sugar
- 25 g brown sugar
- 8 g icing sugar
- 20 g bought fine dried breadcrumbs
- 200 g stale plain white bread rolls
- 350 g drained pitted jarred sour cherries
Preparation
Soften butter for 20 minutes. Grease a dish measuring 25 × 20 cm and 5 cm high with 10 g butter, then coat with breadcrumbs. Cube bread, add milk and soak for 5 minutes. Drain cherries and weigh the required drained amount. Crack and separate eggs, keeping yolk out of the whites. Gently mix each component separately, then weigh the required whites and yolks in two clean bowls.
150 g unsalted butter140 g fresh egg white56 g fresh egg yolk200 ml whole milk20 g bought fine dried breadcrumbs200 g stale plain white bread rolls350 g drained pitted jarred sour cherries- baking dish
- brush
- knife
- board
- bowl
- sieve
- two small bowls
- fork
Preheat the conventional oven to 175 °C. Whip weighed whites with salt in a clean grease-free bowl. In the other, cream 140 g reserved butter with white sugar, then gradually add weighed yolks. Mix in soaked bread, then gently fold in whipped whites with a spatula. Spread half in the dish, add all cherries, then the other half. Scatter brown sugar and almonds. Bake for about 50 minutes in the preheated oven until golden and set with no liquid batter. Cool for 10 minutes, dust with icing sugar and serve.
50 g flaked almonds1 g fine salt100 g white sugar25 g brown sugar8 g icing sugar- two bowls
- mixer
- spatula
- baking dish
- oven
- oven gloves
- rack
- sifter
- serving spoon
Allergens
- Eggs
- Gluten
- Milk
- Tree nuts
Composition to check for: Celery, Crustaceans, Fish, Lupin, Molluscs, Mustard, Peanuts, Sesame, Soy, Sulphites.
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