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Receta Light Chocolate Avocado Bread Pudding with Maple Rum Sauce
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Ingredientes
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- I Wash, You Dry’s Spicy Guacamole Bacon Burger
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- Light Chocolate Avocado Bread Pudding with Maple Rum Sauce Recipe
- Ingredients
- The bread pudding:
- ¾ cup evaporated fat-free milk
- 2/3 cup skim milk
- ½ California avocado
- 2 eggs
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- 2 tbsp dark rum
- 5 cups cubed crusty whole wheat bread
- The sauce:
- ½ cup pure maple syrup
- 3 tbsp dark rum
- 1 tbsp unsalted butter
- 4 tbsp half-and-half, divided
- Pinch of salt
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