Ingredients: Jamaican Hard Dough Bread 1/2" thick (substitute day old French Bread) 6 slices French bread--1/2" thick 4 Eggs, separated 1 pinch salt 1 cup raisins 6 tbsp sugar 3 1/2 cups milk 2 tbsp vanilla extract 4 tbsp butter - melted 1 tsp cinnamon Blueberry compote: 1 tbsp sugar 1 tbsp light Jamaican rum 1 tbsp fresh lime juice 1 pt blueberries Raspberry compote: 1 tbsp sugar 1 tbsp light Jamaican rum 1 tbsp fresh lime juice 1 pt raspberries Shaved chocolate garnish Ortanique Orange garnish

Methods:

1. This dessert is a little bit different than most. The bread pudding is made with Jamaican hard dough bread. It's a lot different than other breads as it has no air holes. It is kneeded very vigorously and it has sugar added to it which makes it perfect for making bread pudding. If you can't get that you could use Cuban bread or you could use day old French bread. With bread pudding is the ingredients inside it that really make it palatable.
2. Break bread into pieces and toss with melted butter and a 1/4 cup of milk. Place in baking dish. Beat sugar and egg yolks together until well blended and add the remaining milk. Mix well. Blend in vanilla, cinnamon, and raisins. Pour mixture over bread. Place dish in pan of water and bake in 300 F. oven for 40 to 50 min.
3. For each compote take a medium bowl, combine sugar, rum, and lime juice. Add the berries and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
4. To serve spoon bread pudding on a large plate. Spoon compote on either side and garnish with the Ortanique Orange. The Ortanique orange is indigenous to Jamaica. It's made up of the Orange, a tangerine to become a unique fruit. It is really sweet. We also have added some white chocolate to garnish the plate. Very simple but very beautiful and delicious and you really need to try it