WHITE CHOCOLATE BREAD PUDDING WITH CARAMELIZED BANANAS

Ingredients

• 4 cups (1 L) whole milk
• 1 cup (250 ml) unsalted butter
• 1 cup (250 ml) granulated sugar
• 2 tsp (10 ml) vanilla extract
• 1 tsp (5 ml) freshly grated nutmeg
• ¼ tsp (1 ml) kosher salt
• 8 cups (2 L) sourdough bread, cut into ½ -in (1 cm) cubes
• 6 oz (180 g) white chocolate, roughly chopped
• ½ cup (125 ml) toasted almond slivers
• 6 large eggs
• 2 tbsp (30 ml) dark rum
• 2 tbsp (30 ml) dark brown sugar
• 1½ cups (375 ml) whipping cream, chilled
• 2 tbsp (30 ml) skim milk powder
• ½ cup (125 ml) turbinado sugar
• 2 large bananas, halved lengthwise and each half cut into 5 pieces
• white chocolate curls, for garnish