Ingredients:

Pudding:

• 6 cups heavy whipping cream
• 2 cups milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 20 ounces white chocolate, chips or small pieces
• 4 eggs
• 15 egg yolks
• 24-inch loaf of stale French bread

• 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
• 8 ounces white chocolate, chips or small pieces
• 1 ounce dark chocolate, grated for garnish

Instructions:

1. Boil cream, milk and sugar in a saucepot.
2. Remove from heat and add white chocolate pieces.
3. Allow to melt, then stir until smooth. 
4. Whisk eggs and egg yolks together.
5. Pour hot cream and chocolate mixture into eggs slowly, whisking constantly. Set pudding aside. 
6. Preheat oven to 350.
7. Slice bread and place in metal 9x12 baking pan.
8. Pour half of pudding over bread and allow to cool.
9. Press bread with fingers to make sure pudding is absorbed. Bread should be soggy. Repeat with remaining pudding. 
10. Cover pan with foil and bake for 1 hour.
11. Remove foil and bake for an additional 30 minutes or until pudding is golden brown.
12. While pudding is baking, bring cream to boil in saucepan.
13. Remove from heat and add white chocolate.
14. Melt and stir to smooth. 
15. Serve bread pudding warm topped with warm white chocolate ganache and dark chocolate shavings as a garnish.

*Recipe courtesy of The Palace Cafe