Joël Legendre’s Cheese and Mushroom Bread Pudding

Ingredients

• 6 eggs
• 2 cups (500 ml) soymilk
• 2 cups (500 ml) 35% cream
• 1/2 cup (125 ml) grated Parmesan cheese
• 1/2 cup (125 ml) grated Jalsberg cheese
• 1/4 cup (60 ml) finely chopped chives
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1/2 teaspoon (2.5 ml) Espelette pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon (2.5 ml) onion salt
• 1/4 teaspoon (1 ml) nutmeg
• 2 tablespoons (30 ml) butter
• 1 tablespoon (15 ml) olive oil
• 4 baskets white button mushrooms (or mixture of your choice)
• 10 cups (2.5 litres) day-old bread, coarsely chopped
• Salt
• pepper