Name: Mango Blueberry Bread Pudding
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 60 min
Cuisine: European
Ingredients: 12 White Bread, slices of white or french bread, day old prefered; 2 Mango, one **pureed, one very small diced; 1 Cup Blueberries, 1/2 pint, fresh or frozen; 3/4 Cup Sugar; 4 Egg(s); 1/2 Cup Milk; 1/4 Cup Heavy Cream; 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract; 1/2 tsp Cardamom, powder; 2 tbsp Unsalted Butter, melted, 2 tsp extra for brushing pan; 1/8 tsp Salt; Powdered Sugar, for dusting

Give cinnamon bread pudding some break and serve a summer-inspired Mango and Blueberry bread pudding for breakfast! Blueberry Bread Pudding with sweet mango and cream custard coated in each layer.... a little scent of cardamom and amazing mango aroma... this bread pudding recipe brings summer flavors to weekend brunch.

Weekend brunch is one grand meal we wait for whole week. After a busy work week, we look forward to a relaxing weekend brunch. Even though we both have N errand to run on weekend.. life is still not rushing like weekdays. I even try to keep my blog engagements minimum for these two days.. to give time and attention to the family.

One sure way to keep family happy? In my home, it is to prepare some good food. :) As soon as fresh mangoes arrive in store, Vishal will always bring a lot home. So, last weekend when I wore my think-cap to prepare something delicious for breakfast.. I was welcomed by few juicy mangoes, a pint of blueberries, and a day old half loaf of french sliced bread. I immediately thought - a bread pudding with blueberries and mango is in our breakfast future!

Since mother's day is approaching, I thought to also click some pictures and share this recipe with you.

I think, this delicious and fruity bread and butter pudding will make a great breakfast or brunch for someone special. Plus it can be assembled a night before and you will get all time to spend with your family while breakfast gets ready in oven.

How cool!? Isn't it?

Blueberry Bread Pudding with Mango for Brunch

Overnight Bread Pudding

I love breakfasts which can be assembled or at least half-prepared at night. Such as this bread pudding with blueberries and mangoes, I assembled in 10 minutes on Saturday evening, for Sunday brunch.

I started by pureeing one of the mango pulp with sugar until it was smooth. It is important to make smooth mango puree and use only non-fibrous ripe sweet mangoes. Fibrous mangoes will not be good for this recipe.

In blender with mango puree, I then added all bread pudding custard ingredients i.e. eggs, milk, cream, and melted butter. I like to pulse it to a shake like smooth custard. Smooth custard will be absorbed better by bread and bread pudding will come out very good.

Once custard was ready, I layered bread with some custard, fresh whole blueberries, and diced mangoes in each layer. This adds even flavor of blueberries and mango in the whole bread pudding.

I finish bread pudding with blueberries and mango pieces on top. Then, cover with clear wrap and refrigerate overnight. During this time, bread soaks in custard, mango and blueberries get settle in.

Next day, a quick round of oven and delicious bread pudding with gorgeous blueberries and killer mango aroma is ready to rock the breakfast!

Easy Blueberry Pudding Recipe with fresh mango blueberry and cream

Bread Pudding with Cream or No Cream?

I must tell you that I love using a little bit of cream in most of my bread pudding recipes. Just like in french toast, cream gives richness to bread puddings and keep pudding moist and gooey from within. It is optional ingredient but I highly recommend it. I have made this blueberry bread pudding with cream and also my Slow Cooker Bread Pudding recipe benefits from cream as well.

Now, if you want to make bread pudding even more richer.. Say, when serving for Mother's day breakfast or want to impress guests? Then, you increase the quantity of cream. However, in that case make sure to adjust amount of milk so that amount of liquid in pudding does not increase.

Juicy mango fresh blueberries in a comforting bread-pudding breakfast

Baking with fresh fruits, specially mangoes is tradition around my family. Summer, season of fresh juicy fruits, such as mangoes, blueberries, strawberries always inspire me to include some fruits in baking. The Strawberry Lemon Pound Cake that I shared recently was fruit of one such inspiration. Here are few more delicious fruity bakes from my kitchen.

1) Mango Cheesecake
2) Mango Pound Cake
3) Strawberry Cream Scones
4) Blueberry Clafoutis

Slice of Blueberry Bread Pudding

All of these make a great summer family-style brunch or dessert course. Try some this season. Pin these recipes to try later. Follow @SavitaChefdeHome on Instagram for latest updates and behind-the scene stories.

Wish you a wonderful day!

-Savita x

A few more delicious brunch ideas:

Scrambled Eggs with Goat Cheese and Kale Jalapeno Popper Deviled Eggs Strawberry Jam Swirl Breakfast Bread with Marzipan