Almond Milk & Brioche Pudding

Sorry my last post has left the question open. To order chocolate milk in Barcelona, I just ask for 'Cacaolat' (it's actually a manufacturer's name but its chocolate milk is distributed at all cafes). Or 'Batido de cacao', which is a description of this beverage, should be work too. But I surely will also try all of your suggestions next time, thank YOU!

I have quite a few friends who are a guy, and single. Their refrigerators are pretty deserted ... unless you count the pickles (been open but sitting there for 2 years) and packs of juice (expire date is 2006...) are food. But one thing they have in common, they always stock up fresh milk and egg (as long as I don't see the chicks hopping I guess the eggs are still fresh huh...). Many time our fridges are also such a desert, aren't they?

Good news is, we all are able to make bread and milk pudding anytime.

Please don't ask me why I look in their fridge... I would be a horrible girlfriend if I was single, the men had to knock their stuff in a safe...

I always eat brioche at home so it is what I have plenty. In my opinion, it is used in a regular bread & milk pudding's recipe, the flavor doesn't pop out. Therefore, I have added some marmalade, almond milk, some dried fruit and ground almond to create multi-layers of flavor, the pudding becomes more interesting to me.

I eyeballed everything and baked the pudding in some single-serving ceramic dishes. The following is only a guideline.

Recipe of Almond Milk & Brioche Pudding

yield: 2 persons

• 1 cup of regular milk
• 1 cup of almond milk
• 2 tbps of sugar
• 2 tbps of powder sugar
• 1 egg
• some brioche (preferably not dry... freeze them until you need them)
• some strawberry/cherry marmalade
• very small handful of dried cherries
• cinnamon
• some ground almond, lightly toasted
• some butter

How-to

1. Pre-heat the oven to medium (350) or slightly lower
2. If the dried fruit (mine is cherries) is too dry, soak them in warm milk/water for 30 minutes.
3. Grease the baking dish(es) with butter, and sprinkle some toasted ground almond
4. In a mixing bowl, whisk the two milks, the two sugars, the cinnamon and the egg until they're well combined
5. Cut the brioche to size, spread marmalade on each slice, dip it in milk mixture first before arrange it into a baking dish. Pour more milk mixture into the baking dish until it fills up. Sprinkle the dries cherries over.
6. Bake the pudding, depending the dish's size, until it just starts to set. Serve hot.

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