Ingredients
Method
- Toast bread if not using day-old. Heat oven to 350°F. If your bread is fresh, spread the cubed bread out on a baking sheet and toast 10 minutes.
- Mix all the capirotada ingredients together. Combine heavy cream, sweetened condensed milk, Jocoque, raisins, cinnamon, cardamom, and salt in a large bowl. Add bread and toss to coat.
- Transfer to a baking dish and refrigerate over night. Grease a 9 x 13-inch baking dish and pour bread mixture into the dish. Let sit 1 hour at room temperature. At this point you can also cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
- Bake the capirotada. If baking right away, grease a piece of foil and cover (greased-side down) the baking dish. Bake 20 minutes at 350°F. Uncover and bake another 30 minutes or until browned on top. If you made the Capirotada the night before, remove the plastic wrap and follow the same instructions above.
- Let cool 15 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool 15 minutes before drizzling with glaze.
- Make the glaze: Combine powdered sugar, butter, vanilla, and salt in a medium bowl. Beat together with a whisk until smooth. Add the milk, a tablespoon at a time until the glaze is pourable, but not too thin. Drizzle glaze over the bread pudding and sprinkle with powdered sugar, if desired.
Notes
Jocoque is a strained-yogurt cheese similar to Labneh and can be found in the cheese section of many Latin markets. Substitute Labneh or whole milk Greek yogurt if you can’t find it.
