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Capirotada Is The Perfect Example Of A Sweet & Savory Bread Pudding

During the annual Lenten period, many Christians abstain from meat on Fridays. There are so many dishes you can make when meat is off the table, like sheet-pan spanakopita quesadillas (heck yes!), ...
Los Angeles Times

For Lent, I finally cooked my mother’s capirotada recipe. It was OK — and that’s OK

The bread was burned. Smoke swirled around the frying pan. Most of the cheese had turned moldy. And where was that last, crucial tomatillo husk? I was trying to make capirotada, the bread pudding that ...
NPR

Grandmother Petra's love is baked into this Mexican bread pudding recipe

All Things We're Cooking is a series featuring family recipes from you, our readers and listeners, and the special stories behind them. We'll continue to share more of your kitchen gems throughout the ...
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Capirotada (Mexican Bread Pudding)

This cinnamon-scented dessert, layered with cheese, dried bread, and a syrup made with piloncillo, a brown cane sugar used in Mexican cooking, is a traditional feast dish for Cuaresma, or Lent.
Los Angeles Times

Capirotada Tropical (Bread Pudding With Guava and Apricots)

One of the great things about capirotada are all the variations. Some start with fried bolillos, while some are made with raisins and topped with salty cotija cheese. In Jalisco, you find a style of ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

For Lent, I finally cooked my mother’s capirotada recipe. It was OK – and that’s OK

The bread was burned. Smoke swirled around the frying pan. Most of the cheese had turned moldy. And where was that last, crucial tomatillo husk? I was trying to make capirotada, the bread pudding that ...