Chocolate Bread Pudding with Cherry Amaretto Coulis | Umami

Ingredients

• 10 cups Italian bread ((or other hearty bread), cubed)
• ½ cup butter
• 10 ounces dark chocolate (coarsely chopped)
• 2 cups heavy cream
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 cup Amaretto liqueur
• 5 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• Sliced almonds ((optional))
• 2 cups cherries (pitted and halved)
• 2 tbps sugar
• ¼ cup water
• 3 tbps lemon juice
• 2 tbps Amaretto liqueur ((optional))
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 2 tbps confectioners’ sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla