Double Chocolate Bread Pudding : Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group

Ingredients

• 1 piece day-old New Orleans-style French bread,* about 23 inches long and weighing about 7½ to 8 ounces, cut into ½-inch cubes with crust on
• For 1¾ cups
• 1 cup heavy cream
• ½ cup sugar
• ¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• For 2 cups
• 10 ounces (2½ cups) white chocolate chips
• 1½ cups heavy cream
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• For 2½ pounds of candy or 40 to 50 rough 2-inch pieces
• ½ cup sliced almonds
• 4 cups (24 ounces) fine-quality bittersweet chocolate chips
• 3 cups (16½ ounces) fine-quality white chocolate chips