CHOCOLATE BREAD PUDDING WITH GRAND MARNIER SAUCE

Steps:

• Brush both sides of bread slices with butter, place on baking sheet, bake at 400°F oven until golden brown, 3 to 5 minutes per side.
• In a heavy saucepan, heat cream and milk over medium high heat until bubbles form at edge.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in chocolate until mixture is smooth.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs, yolks and sugar.
• Stir in chocolate mixture and vanilla.
• Arrange bread in 9 inch square baking dish, pour custard over.
• Cover surface of pudding with plastic wrap.
• Place slightly smaller dish on top and weigh down with heavy cans.
• Let pudding stand for 30 minutes.
• Remove weights and plastic wrap.
• Cover dish with foil and puncture with fork to allow steam to escape.
• Place baking dish in larger shallow baking dish.
• Pour in enough boiling water to reach halfway up sides of pan.
• Bake in 325°F oven until firm, about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• Let cool for at least 30 minutes before serving.
• (Pudding can be covered and refrigerated overnight and reheated gently or served cold.) To serve, cut bread pudding into squares.
• Pool a little Grand Marnier custard sauce on each plate and top with bread pudding square.
• Pour more sauce over if desired.