Penney's Palate » White Wine http://penneyspalate.tommyandpenney.com Sun, 02 Jan 2011 00:05:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Savory Chard and Mushroom Bread Pudding http://penneyspalate.tommyandpenney.com/2010-05-savory-chard-and-mushroom-bread-pudding/ http://penneyspalate.tommyandpenney.com/2010-05-savory-chard-and-mushroom-bread-pudding/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 00:57:16 +0000 Penney http://penneyspalate.tommyandpenney.com/?p=229 I’ve only had one other savory bread pudding that I can remember, and I loved every bite of it. That was a few years ago, and Tommy made it. I’m not sure why I don’t make them more often, but it isn’t something that I think of when looking for dinner options. Tonight I needed to use up some aging Swiss Chard from the Farmer’s Market. I was looking for a simple but flavorful and quick sauteing of some sort, because we already have plenty of leftovers in the house for lunch and dinner over the next few days.

I came across this recipe and realized that I had everything already except for 3 eggs instead of 4, and cheddar cheese instead of Swiss cheese. I also realized that this wasn’t the quick side dish that I was looking for, but the night was young and Tommy was working late and it was raining outside and I was bored. My loaf of bread that was going stale was a rosemary-something-loaf that we used for paninis this weekend, so I felt this was a perfect match. And I’m happy to have had some dried porcini mushrooms in the pantry. Since the bread already had plenty of rosemary flavor, I did not add the rosemary that the recipe called for. It came together in about 30 minutes, then took 50 minutes to bake.

I also drank (and enjoyed) some left over Verdicchio both while making and eating the bread pudding. And now we have leftovers to last through Friday.

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