Caramelized Panettone Bread Pudding

Panettone is the traditional Italian Christmas bread; it originated in Milan but is now found throughout Italy during the holiday season. The egg-rich yeast dough, studded with raisins and candied orange peel, has a characteristic aroma and flavor that work beautifully in a bread pudding. The caramel offsets the pudding perfectly.

This is the invention of Susan Rosenfeld, owner with her husband, Peter Hoffman, of Savoy, a New York City restaurant th