Saffron Bread Pudding – Burlap & Barrel

Ingredients

• 3 cups dried bread cut/torn in pieces roughly ½–1 inch
• ½ cups golden raisins
• 1 tsp Cardamom Extract
• 1 Tbsp rum (optional)
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups half & half or evaporated milk
• 1.5 cups condensed milk
• 1 tsp Nyanza or Pompona Vanilla Powder
• 1 tsp Royal Cinnamon
• 1 tsp Cinnamon Verum
• 1-2 tsp freshly grated orange zest
• ½ tsp Sweet Allspice
• 1 tsp ground black pepper
• ½ tsp grated Grenada Gold Nutmeg
• ½ tsp Herati Saffron threads, steeped in ¼ cup very warm water 15–20 mins
• Maraschino cherries cut in pieces (optional)