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Pandan Bread Pudding with Coconut Sauce

written by Marvellina Updated: February 11, 2024
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Turn some stale bread into delicious bread pudding infused with the flavor of Southeast Asia. The aromatic pandan leaves, coconut milk, and palm sugar bring this bread pudding to a new level good!

Pandan Bread Pudding with Coconut Sauce

I have to admit that I’m one who always looking for opportunities to infuse any flavor of pandan leaves, coconut milk, and palm sugar into bread, cakes, dessert, and whatnot! These three trios are some of my favorite ingredients. They are carved inside my brain. I bake bread almost 3-4 times a week and sometimes more and needless to say, there is plenty of bread in the house LOL! So, it’s great to use up some of the bread to make this pandan bread pudding.

Ingredients

1. Bread
Stale bread is the best when it comes to bread pudding. You can use any stale enriched bread such as milk bread, brioche, challah, any lean bread like a baguette, or any French bread or whole grain bread would work too, but enriched stale bread make the best bread pudding

2. Coconut milk
I usually use canned coconut milk. Please don’t use coconut milk sold as a beverage, it’s not the right kind for this recipe

3. Pandan extract and pandan essence
Pandan leaves are available only in Asian grocery store. Most of the time they come in frozen. We use the pandan leaves to get the pandan extract. If you absolutely can’t find any, you can just use pandan essence

4. Palm sugar/Gula Jawa/Gula Melaka
This usually comes in blocks and is available in some Asian grocery stores. It can be a bit difficult to find if you are outside of Southeast Asia. Coconut sugar, which is widely available here in the U.S, makes a perfect substitution. If you don’t have any coconut sugar, brown sugar will work in a pinch

5. Eggs
I used grade AA large eggs, which are usually about 58-60 grams if you weigh with the shell

How to make pandan bread pudding with coconut sauce

1. Grease a 8 x 8 baking dish or pan with some coconut oil. Cut the bread into about 1-2 inches cubes, you don’t need to be exact here. Just don’t cut too small

2. In a large mixing bowl, whisk eggs, coconut milk, pandan juice, pandan essence (if using), palm sugar, and salt

4. Add the bread cubes to the mixture and pour into the prepared pan. Make sure they are soaked in the milk mixture. Allow to soak for at least 30 minutes to 1 hour. 10 minutes before the end of the soaking time, preheat the oven to 370 F (190 C) for a conventional oven. For a convection oven, reduce the temperature by 20 F or 15 C. The baking time is just for reference. This also depends on the oven and the baking dish/pan you use, so adjust accordingly

5. Combine all the ingredients. Whisk to make sure the cornstarch dissolves in the mixture. Place the saucepan over medium-low heat and keep stirring until the mixture thickens slightly. Remove from the heat and set aside

6. Place the pan inside the oven on the middle rack and bake for 40-45 minutes or until the edges are brown and the middle just a bit wobbly. Serve the bread pudding warm or at a room temperature with the coconut sauce

Pandan Bread Pudding with Coconut Sauce

Ideas on add-ons to your bread pudding

There are so many things you can seriously add to a bread pudding. It’s like a blank canvas. I would personally be happy without any add-ons, but if you feel the urge to try this:
Semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips, shaved chocolate, dots of Nutella, sprinkle of coarse sugar like turbinado sugar, on top for that crunchy sugar top (so good!), dried fruits such as raisins, craisins. Add some nuts on top such as sliced almonds for that extra crunch. Fresh fruit such as diced pears, diced apples also works really well. So, the sky is the limit!

Pandan Bread Pudding with Coconut Sauce

How to store leftover

Simply store them in an air-tight container and keep them in the fridge for about3 days for the best result as the longer they sit in the fridge, the drier the bread gets. The sauce can be kept in the fridge for about 3 days and it starts to turn watery after that.

How to reheat bread pudding

You can reheat it in the microwave in a 30 seconds increment. I recommend heating it in the oven. Wrap the bread pudding in aluminum foil and bake at 350 F for about 15 minutes. Uncover the foil and let the top gets crispy again for about 3 minutes

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Pandan Bread Pudding with Coconut Sauce
Pandan Bread Pudding with Coconut Sauce

Pandan Bread Pudding with Coconut Sauce

Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 40 minutes mins
Soaking the bread: 1 hour hr
Total Time 1 hour hr 55 minutes mins
Servings 9 servings
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Ingredients

  • 230 grams stale bread see notes
  • 500 g canned coconut milk or whole milk or non-dairy milk
  • 60 gr palm sugar or coconut sugar, more or less to your taste
  • 4 large eggs
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pandan essence optional

For homemade pandan extract:

  • 15 pandan leaves
  • 100 g water

Coconut sauce:

  • 20 gr sugar or more to your taste
  • 240 g canned coconut milk
  • 2 Tbsp cornstarch
  • ⅛ tsp salt or to taste

Instructions
 

Prepare pandan juice:

  • Cut the pandan leaves into small pieces. Add 100 g water and blend until it reduces to pulps. Strain the mixture and squeeze out any juice from the pulps. Measure to get 100 g. Top up with some water if needed to get 100 g

Prepare the bread pudding:

  • Grease a 8 x 8 baking dish or pan with some coconut oil. Cut the bread into about 1-2 inches cubes, you don't need to be exact here. Just don't cut too small
  • In a large mixing bowl, whisk eggs, coconut milk, pandan juice, pandan essence (if using), palm sugar, and salt
  • Add the bread cubes to the mixture and pour into the prepared pan and let the bread soak for 30 minutes to 1 hour. You can also cover with a cling wrap, pop this into the fridge to let them soak overnight and bake the next day. Make sure they are soaked in the milk mixture.
  • 10 minutes before the end of the soaking time, preheat the oven to 375 F (190 C) for a conventional oven. For a convection oven, reduce the temperature by 20 F or 15 C. The baking time is just for reference. This also depends on the oven and the baking dish/pan you use, so adjust accordingly

Bake:

  • Place the pan inside the oven on the middle rack and bake for 40-45 minutes or until the edges are brown and the middle just a bit wobbly. Rotate the pan halfway through baking. The internal temperature at the center should be around 170 F (77 C)

Prepare the sauce while waiting:

  • Combine all the ingredients. Whisk to make sure the cornstarch dissolves in the mixture. Place the saucepan over medium-low heat and keep stirring until the mixture thickens slightly. Remove from the heat and set aside
  • Keep the leftover in the fridge for no more than 3 days as the sauce turns watery the longer you keep it

Serve:

  • Serve the bread pudding warm or at a room temperature with the coconut sauce

How to keep leftovers:

  • Leftovers of bread pudding can be kept in the fridge for up to 3 days

Marv’s Recipe Notes

Bread like brioche, challah, shokupan is perfect for this recipe. If your bread is fresh, you can bake them in the oven at 350 F (180 C) for about 10 minutes to “dry” them out so they can soak up more custard, which makes the best bread pudding

*Nutrition facts are just estimates and calculated using online tools*

Nutrition Facts
Pandan Bread Pudding with Coconut Sauce
Serving Size
 
1 serving
Amount per Serving
Calories
328
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
23
g
35
%
Saturated Fat
 
18
g
113
%
Trans Fat
 
0.02
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
 
1
g
Monounsaturated Fat
 
2
g
Cholesterol
 
83
mg
28
%
Sodium
 
342
mg
15
%
Potassium
 
283
mg
8
%
Carbohydrates
 
27
g
9
%
Fiber
 
3
g
13
%
Sugar
 
11
g
12
%
Protein
 
7
g
14
%
Vitamin A
 
121
IU
2
%
Vitamin C
 
2
mg
2
%
Calcium
 
58
mg
6
%
Iron
 
3
mg
17
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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