Bacon and Mushroom Bread Pudding

A smokey and earthy side dish.

Serves: 6
Cook Time: 1 Hour

Ingredients

• 1 pound bacon, cooked crisp and chopped (reserve fat)
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 1/2 pound mushrooms, roughly chopped (any combination of mushroom varieties will
• work)
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 shallots, finely diced
• 1 tablespoon fresh basil, chopped
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
• 1 teaspoon dried rubbed sage
• 1 tablespoon fresh thyme, chopped
• 5 large eggs
• 3 cups half and half
• 1 cup parmesan cheese, freshly grated (divided)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
• 8 cups roughly chopped day-old Challah bread, crusts on

Steps

Prepare a 8" x 8" x 2" glass baking dish with a non stick baking spray. In a large stock pot over a medium high heat add the reserved bacon fat and heat. Add mushrooms, garlic, shallots, basil, parsley, sage and thyme and sauté until mushrooms are tender and brown, about 15 minutes. Remove pot from heat. Stir in chopped bacon. Season mixture to taste with salt and pepper.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large mixing bowl whisk together the eggs, half and half, and 3/4 cup Parmesan, salt and pepper in large bowl to blend. Add bread cubes; toss to coat. Let stand 15 minutes. Stir in mushroom mixture. Transfer to prepared dish. Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup cheese over top. Bake until pudding is brown and puffed and set in center. Bake approximately 40 minutes to an hour.

Serving Suggestions

Trying serving this as a main dish with a side salad.

This recipe was specially prepared and created by Paula Deen for Smithfield. Recipe and photo courtesy of Smithfield.

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