Looking for a new take on an old favorite? Try giving a savory bread pudding a spin. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. In a large skillet on simmer, combine 1 Tbsp butter or olive oil, and all the onions and let them sweat for 5 minutes, stir occasionally. While your onions are sweating lightly toast your sourdough cubes in the oven cook for 2-3 minutes, flip them then return to oven for 2 minutes until mostly dry but not golden brown. Remove from oven and let sit till room temperature. Add the fresh garlic and thyme to the sweating onions, stir. In a bowl combine eggs, milk, salt, white pepper, tri-color pepper, cayenne pepper, paprika, cinnamon, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, herbs de province, and chives. Mix it very well and let it sit. Add ham to the skillet and turn heat up to a medium and stir, lightly browning the ham for 1-2 minutes.
In a large bowl add the toasted bread, and the warm onion and ham mix and lightly toss till well combined, and move to oven safe baking dish. Mix the egg mixture again, then pour generously over the bread mix, cover, and let sit 15 minutes. Remove cover and place in oven and let cook for about an hour, rotate after 30 minutes if necessary. The top should be a deep golden, remove from oven, check center with a toothpick, it should still be creamy but not loose. Run a knife around the sides to loosen it, let sit 5 minutes, then cut into portioned sizes and serve. You can pair it with steamed veggies for dinner, or repurpose it for breakfast; it’s great by itself hot, cold, or with hot sauce!
- 4 slices sourdough bread (cut into 1” pieces)
- 1 Heaping Cup diced ham
- ¼ Cup diced yellow onion
- ¼ Cup diced sweet onion
- ¼ Cup white onion
- 5 large eggs (room temperature)
- 1 ¼ cup milk or half and half
- Sea salt to taste
- 1/8 Tsp white pepper
- 1/8 Tsp fresh ground tri-color pepper
- 1/8 Tsp cayenne pepper
- Dash of paprika
- Dash of cinnamon
- Dash of garlic powder
- 1-2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 large clove of garlic minced
- 4 sprigs fresh thyme
- Dash herbs de province
- Dash dried chives
