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Ingredients List:
- 1-1/2 cups water
- 1-1/2 cups sugar
- 1 cinnamon stick
- Juice of 1/2 a lemon
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- Tsoureki
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- Juice of 1/2 a lemon
- 1-1/2 cups fine semolina
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 6 cups milk
- 1/3 cup shaved almonds
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Method:
- Pre-heat oven to 350*f/160*c
- In a small saucepan, add first 4 ingredients and bring to a rolling boil
- Simmer for 5 minutes and set aside
- In a mixing bowl, add eggs and sugar and mix well
- Add vanilla and lemon juice and continue to mix
- Add semolina, mix for 3 minutes and add milk
- Mix for 5-6 minutes
- While custard is mixing, cube tsoureki into 1" pieces and place in pan
- Sprinkle with raisins and mix to evenly distribute the raisins
- Pour custard mixture from mixing bowl into another saucepan and slowly heat until thickened stirring constantly
- Once thickened to the consistency of a gravy, pour over tsoureki in the pan
- Level mixture for even baking
- Sprinkle with almonds on top
- Bake at 350*f for about 45 minutes
- 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)
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