{"id":8683,"date":"2021-11-04T11:38:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T15:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mominthecity.com\/"},"modified":"2021-11-04T22:04:54","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T02:04:54","slug":"bread-pudding-is-the-thing-tom-gumpel-of-panera-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/bread-pudding-is-the-thing-tom-gumpel-of-panera-bread\/","title":{"rendered":"Panera’s Asiago Bread Recipe – Savory Bread Pudding (Plus Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cBread pudding is THE thing\u201d <\/em><\/strong>according to Tom Gumpel, former VP of Research and Development at Panera Bread. Eleven years ago, I was at a blogger bread workshop led by Mr. Gumpel. The Asiago bread that he made was the first savory bread pudding that I remember tasting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The bread pudding image popped up in Facebook memories last week so I want to update this post and share the Asiago strata recipe with newer MitC readers. (The post below was originally shared on 10\/27\/10.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier today, I went to a workshop that was sponsored by Panera Bread<\/a>. Beforehand, I liked bread well enough, but it wasn\u2019t really my thing. Unlike \u201cmy guys\u201d who are bread lovers, I could do with it or without it. I was really going for them.

Oh my goodness\u2026my perception of bread has been forever changed after sampling bread prepared by Tom Gumpel, the Vice President of bakery development for Panera Bread. The aroma of the breads \u2013 especially the bread pudding \u2013 was heavenly. I just wish that someone could come up with \u2018scratch and sniff\u201d technology for web photos and videos.

Anyway, I enjoyed myself so much that I will be dedicating the posts for the next three days to the event. Today, I will share the video and recipe for savory bread pudding. On Friday, I will share the video and recipe for the chocolate babka<\/a>. Lastly, I will write about bread pairings<\/a> on Saturday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Tom mentioned that the first recipe that he would be sharing was for bread pudding, I was suprised. I knew that we would be making chocolate babka later so I wondered (to myself) why he chose to make two sweet breads.

I thought that bread pudding was the familiar sweet dessert that I grew up with in Virginia. It turns out that there are many different types of bread pudding thoughand the one that Tom prepared was a cheese one \u2013 an Asiago cheese bread recipe.

In a word\u2026YUM! You can see for yourself in the video below. I am also sharing the recipe after the video so that you can make this savory bread pudding for your family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Asiago Bread (Savory Bread Pudding)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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