7 savory bread pudding with asparagus and Recipes

unsalted butter, water, salt, leek, cleaned and cut into 1/2 inch thick slices (white and light green parts only ), eggs, milk, heavy cream, asparagus, trimmed and cut on the diagonal into 1 inch pieces, dry bread, cut into 1 inch cubes (if fresh , toast lightly), fontina cheese, shredded, gruyere or 1/4 lb cantal cheese, shredded, mixed chopped fresh herb (chives, parsley, tarragon, chervil), grated lemon , zest of, cayenne, salt, fresh ground black pepper

day old bread torn into large pieces or dinner rolls(leave out overnight or all day, if desired), fresh asparagus, trimmed, fresh mushrooms, sliced, butter, onion, diced, garlic, minced, eggs, chicken stock, half and half, fresh sage leaves, rubbed and minced, fresh thyme or rosemary or tarragon, kosher or sea salt and fresh ground black pepper, fresh parmesan, grated

sourdough bread (1 lb size, or other crusty bread), milk, chicken broth (or vegetable broth), eggs, salt, fresh ground black pepper, dried dill, fresh asparagus (cut in 1-in pieces), mushrooms (coarsely chopped ), shallot (thinly sliced ), gruyere cheese (shredded , or swiss cheese, 4 oz = roughly 1 cup), black olives (optional add, pitted & sliced , see note after prep)

stale loaf sourdough or other crusty bread ( let it set for 1 or 2 days), milk, chicken or vegetable broth, eggs, salt, freshly ground black pepper, dried dill, asparagus, oyster mushrooms, coarsely chopped, sliced shallots, shredded gruyere or swiss cheese

french bread , cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces, asparagus, trimmed, cut into 1 1/2-inch lengths, eggs, whole milk, salt, ground black pepper, grated gruyere cheese, grated swiss cheese, grated parmesan cheese, chopped fresh chives, chopped fresh parsley, chopped fresh marjoram