Greeked-Up Bread Pudding

  Ingredients List:

Method:

1. Pre-heat oven to 350*f/160*c
2. In a small saucepan, add first 4 ingredients and bring to a rolling boil
3. Simmer for 5 minutes and set aside
4. In a mixing bowl, add eggs and sugar and mix well
5. Add vanilla and lemon juice and continue to mix
6. Add semolina, mix for 3 minutes and add milk
7. Mix for 5-6 minutes
8. While custard is mixing, cube tsoureki into 1" pieces and place in pan
9. Sprinkle with raisins and mix to evenly distribute the raisins
10. Pour custard mixture from mixing bowl into another saucepan and slowly heat until thickened stirring constantly
11. Once thickened to the consistency of a gravy, pour over tsoureki in the pan
12. Level mixture for even baking
13. Sprinkle with almonds on top
14. Bake at 350*f for about 45 minutes
15. Once removed from oven, cut little slits with a knife throughout the top of the bread pudding and pour cooled syrup over entire cake (see video)