I need a simple white sauce to go over bread pudding

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Trout Bandit I need a simple white sauce to go over bread pudding Melt a stick of butter add a cup of sugar and an egg. Whisk over the heat until boiling. Add a shot of rum or bourbon. The alcohol will flare off. Serve.

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Whisk over the heat until boiling.

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surely you don't mean until boiling? that will cause the sauce to curdle.

OP, I made bread pudding the other night and used whiskey.

melt a stick of butter, half teaspoon of vanilla extract, teaspoon of cinnamon, about a cup of sugar, and an egg, then whisk continuously until it starts to thicken. do not have the heat on too high or it will curdle and give you little egg lumps add whiskey/rum at the end.

It will thicken without bringing to a boil, and will be less prone to curdling

I melt a stick of butter and add a cup of sugar. Whisk that until smooth. Then cut the heat and whisk in a beaten egg. Whisk fast and trickle the egg or you'll have scrambled egg sauce. Once egg is in add a healthy anoint of bourbon.

FYI, the above link recipe came out perfect. I did add a touch of cinnamon, substituted walnuts for the pecans, and vanilla extract instead of rum.

Probably easier if you temper the egg.. add the hot butter to the egg a little bit at a time while stirring, then once the egg mixture is warm add it all back to the pot