Bread Pudding with Comté and Wild Mushrooms | culture: the word on cheese

Ingredients

• 4 large eggs
• ½ cup whole milk
• ½ cup chicken stock
• 6 ounces Comté (grated, plus more for topping)
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt (plus more to taste)
• ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
• 16 ounces challah (about 1 loaf, torn into 1” pieces)
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 12 ounces sliced wild mushrooms (ideally a mix of varieties)
• 2 shallots (thinly sliced)
• 1 tablespoon dried tarragon
• ¼ cup dry vermouth