amaretto fig bread pudding w/vanilla bean sauce

Ingredients For amaretto fig bread pudding w/vanilla bean sauce

• 2 c

  dried figs, coarsely chopped
• 1/2 c

  amaretto liqueur
• 4 Tbsp

  butter, melted
• 8 or so c

  french bread, day old or good hearty white bread
• 2 c

  cream
• 2 c

  milk
• 4

  eggs
• 1 1/2 c

  sugar
• 1 Tbsp

  vanilla extract
• 1 tsp

  cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp

  nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp

  salt
• 1/3 c

  amaretto
• 3/4 c

  almonds, slivered or chopped
• VANILLA BEAN SAUCE
• 1/2 c

  butter
• 1 c

  cream
• 1 c

  sugar
• 3

  egg yolks, slightly beaten
• 1 Tbsp

  vanilla bean paste or 1 scraped vanilla bean
• 1 pinch

  salt