Capirotada

Cinco de Mayo - World Cuisine

This is a Mexican bread pudding made with cheese and is traditionally served during Lent. Colaciones are Mexican anise candies.

Brief

Prep 25 mins

Cook: 25 mins

Total: 50 mins

Servings: 6

Yield: 6 to 8 servings

Capirotada

Ingredients

8 slices French bread

½ cup raisins

1 cup chopped walnuts

8 slices Cheddar cheese

2 ounces colaciones (Mexican anise candies)

1 ½ cups packed brown sugar

1 cinnamon stick

1 ½ cups water

The Perfect Blended Margarita

World Cuisine

Directions

Step 1

Toast the French bread and break it into 2 inch pieces.

Step 2

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).

Step 3

In a lightly greased 8x8 inch baking dish spread about half of bread pieces on the bottom of the dish; sprinkle with half of the raisins nuts and cheese.

Step 4

Repeat with a second and final layer of bread raisins nuts and cheese. Put anise candies on top of mixture if desired.

Step 5

In a medium saucepan over medium heat cook and stir brown sugar cinnamon and water until it forms a syrup; pour half of the syrup over bread.

Step 6

Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes and remove from oven; pour remaining syrup over bread and bake for another 15 minutes. Serve warm or cold.

Nutritional Information

Capirotada

Servings Per Recipe:6

Calories: 621.3

% Daily Value *

Protein: 16.7g 33%

Carbohydrates: 85.5g 28%

Dietary Fiber: 2.6g 10%

solublefiber: 0.7g

insolublefiber: 1.8g

Sugars: 62.1g

othercarbs: 20.9g

Fat: 25.9g 40%

Saturated Fat: 9.3g 47%

monoFat: 5.4g

polyFat: 9.8g

Cholesterol: 39.7mg 13%

water: 85.7g

ash: 3.3g

Vitamin A Iu: 382.7IU 8%

Vitamin are: 103.2RE

Vitamin acarotenoid: 5.7RE

Vitamin aretinol: 97.5RE

Vitamin acarotene: 34.5mcg

Vitamin B1Thiamin: 0.2mg

Vitamin B2riboflavin: 0.3mg

Vitamin B3niacin: 2mg

Niacin Equivalents: 5.2mg 26%

Vitamin B6: 0.2mg 10%

Vitamin B12: 0.3mcg 5%

biotin: 5.4mcg 2%

Vitamin C: 0.6mg 1%

Vitamin ealphaequivalents: 0.3mg

Vitamin eiu: 0.5IU 2%

Vitamin emg: 0.3mg

Folate: 76.4mcg 19%

Vitamin k: 2.2mcg 3%

pantothenicacid: 0.5mg 5%

Calcium: 359.8mg 36%

copper: 0.4mg 22%

iodine: 18.1mcg 12%

Iron: 2.7mg 15%

Magnesium: 60.1mg 15%

manganese: 0.9mg 46%

phosphorus: 313.4mg 31%

Potassium: 330mg 9%

selenium: 16mcg 23%

Sodium: 470.3mg 20%

zinc: 2.1mg 14%

40butyric: 0.4g

60caprioc: 0.2g

80caprylic: 0.1g

100capric: 0.2g

120lauric: 0.2g

140myristic: 1.3g

160palmitic: 4.7g

180stearic: 1.9g

161palmitol: 0.4g

181oleic: 5.1g

201eicosen: 0g

221erucic: 0g

182linoleic: 7.9g

183linolenic: 1.9g

184stearidon: 0g

204arachidon: 0g

205epa: 0g

225dpa: 0g

226dha: 0g

omega3fattyacid: 1.9g

omega6fattyacid: 7.9g

alanine: 0.5g

arginine: 0.9g

cystine: 0.2g

glycine: 0.4g

histidine: 0.5g

isoleucine: 0.8g

leucine: 1.3g

lysine: 0.9g

methionine: 0.3g

phenylalanine: 0.8g

proline: 1.5g

serine: 0.9g

threonine: 0.5g

tryptophan: 0.2g

tyrosine: 0.6g

valine: 0.9g

alcohol: 0g

caffeine: 0mg

pyramidbread: 0

exchangestarch: 0

energy: 614

asparticacid: 1.1g

glutamicacid: 3.8g

Thiamin: 0.3mg 18%

riboflavin: 0.3mg 17%

monosaccharides: 8.3g

disaccharides: 52.7g

transfattyacid: 0g

boron: 239.3mg

fluoride: 89.5mg

pyramidfruit: 0

molybdenum: 7.5mcg 10%

200arachidic: 0g

pyramidFat: 0

pyramidmeat: 0

exchangeveryleanmeat: 0

exchangeFat: 0

theobromine: 0mg

phytosterols: 14mg

Vitamin diu: 4.5IU 1%

Vitamin dmcg: 0.1mcg

pyramidmilk: 0

exchangemeat: 0

exchangeothercarbs: 0

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Nutrition information is provided for reference only. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.