So you all know how I am gluten free and how I love to make recipes that are not only gluten free- but you can also serve them to company. Well, I came in a bit late to the game but Rudi’s Gluten Free Breads is having a recipe contest on Facebook and when I saw it I knew that I needed to enter. So I spend this weekend working on a yummy recipe : Gluten Free Pina Colada Bread Pudding with Coconut Creme Anglaise. And boy is it good ( I just ate some for breakfast!!).
So before I share the recipe with you I need to ask for your help. I would love for you to vote for me on the Rudi’s Page. It is right here and you will need to like Rudi’s to enter. Basically you can vote once a day and I only need to be in the top 10 to be considered for the next level. If you are in the top 10 the judges will decide who are the top 3 that get to go to Colorado for a cook off . The Grand Prize is getting to do a taping of a TV Cooking show- it all sounds like so much fun!!
So if you would like vote for me please:
Go to the Rudi’s page and search for ”Gluten Free Pina Colada Bread Pudding with Coconut Creme Anglaise”.
You can vote once a day until June 6, 2011.
When you vote you also are entered to win their Daily Giveaway (prizes vary by day but look like bread products, totes, ect.)
Please, please, with a cherry on top 
Thanks all, and
now the recipe…
Pina Colada Bread Pudding with Coconut Creme Anglaise
Bread Pudding
3 tablespoons of melted unsalted butter (and enough to butter the baking dish)
8 cups of Rudi’s Original Bread gluten free , cut into cubes (do not pack down) or regular white bread
1 15oz can of crush pineapple, drained well and juice reserved
3 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
1 14 oz can of coconut milk (not light, organic preferred)
2 teaspoons real vanilla extract
Coconut Creme Anglaise
1 cup of coconut milk (not light) solids- reserve liquid for another use
2 teaspoons real vanilla extract
4 egg yolks
1/3 cup sugar
tiny pinch of salt
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Prepare two baking sheets with parchment paper and butter a 13×9 baking dish.
In a large bowl toss to combine 3 tablespoons of melted butter and cubes of Rudi’s Original Bread. Pour cubes onto prepared baking sheets and place into preheated oven for 5-10 minutes or until the cubes are lightly browned.
While cubes are browning whisk together eggs, sugar, coconut milk (if coconut milk is too firm place in the microwave for approximately 30 seconds to soften, then stir to remove most of the lumps), reserve pineapple juice and vanilla.
When the bread cubes are lightly browned remove from the oven and gently combine with drained pineapple in a large bowl. Pour cubes into buttered 13×9 baking dish.
Pour egg custard over bread cubes and press down until all bread has been coated with custard. Bake for 30-35 minutes until firm and slightly browned, do not overbake.
Serve warm or cold and garnish with toasted coconut.
While your bread pudding is baking you can prepare your Coconut Creme Anglaise.
Combine coconut milk solids, vanilla and salt in a small saucepan and bring to a light simmer on low. Whisk together egg yolks and sugar in a separate bowl and add 1/2 cup or so of the hot liquid to the egg mixture whisking it quickly together (as to not cook the eggs). Drizzle warmed egg mixture into the coconut milk, whisking it all the time. Continue whisking for 5-8 minutes until the Creme Anglaise coats the back of a spoon. Remove from heat, pour through a mesh strainer to remove any egg bits or lumps then place in a new container and store in the refrigerator until you are ready to serve with the bread pudding.
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