Ingredients

  • 2/3 cup canned pumpkin
  • 5 slices day old cinnamon-raisin bread
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 10 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 4 large egg yolks
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 tablespoon brandy or 1 tablespoon cognac
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • freshly grated nutmeg
  • 2 cups water

Method

  • Line a strainer with paper toweling or cheesecloth.
  • Add pumpkin and let drain at least 30 minutes.
  • Butter a 6 cup pudding mold or baking dish that will easily fit inside the pressure cooker.
  • Spread one side of each slice of bread with butter.
  • Stack the slices and cut into cubes.
  • Place them in the baking dish.
  • Whisk the sugar, eggs and egg yolks until light.
  • Add milk, pumpkin, brandy, vanilla, salt and nutmeg to taste, and mix well.
  • Pour over bread.
  • Gently push the bread into the liquid to moisten it.
  • Cover baking pan with aluminum foil so no water can get inside.
  • Add 2 cups water to the pressure cooker.
  • Put the baking dish in the steamer basket and place in the pressure cooker.
  • Close pressure cooker and bring up to full pressure.
  • Reduce heat to stabilize pressure and cook for 20 minutes Release pressure and remove steamer basket from pressure cooker.
  • Carefully pour off any water that has accumulated on top of the foil, then remove the foil.
  • Serve warm or at room temperature.
  • Bread pudding can be refrigerated for several days.
  • Let stand at room temperature for about 15 minutes before serving.