Italian bread pudding Submitted by: Sandy Franco, Eligibility Services Technician III Workforce & Bene ts Administration - Fremont Of ce
I learned how to make this bread pudding from my grandmother Mary in Italy. After I graduated from high school, I spent the summer with her in a small town called Matraia in Tuscany. She told me that, during World War II, the German soldiers rationed their food. Even if they had money to buy food, they were only permitted certain items and in small quantities, and only basics—no sweets. My grandmother had a huge sweet tooth, so I am unsure if the women in her town came up with the recipe or if she did—but it is SO good. This recipe is special to me because my grandmother and others in this small village found a way to make something sweet and comforting to them with the items they had on hand. My grandmother used stale bread butts to make her bread pudding. I have modified the recipe by using cups but she eyed everything when she showed me how to make it.
Sandy’s grandmother, circa 1940s
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