6 bread armagnac Recipes

armagnac, pitted prunes, assorted dried fruit (such as peaches, apricots, and pears), heavy cream, half-and-half, vanilla sugar or 3/4 cup granulated sugar, plus more for sprinkling, cinnamon sticks, vanilla beans , split lengthwise and seeds scraped, orange , zest of, egg yolks, day-old brioche bread, cut into 1 1/4-inch cubes, unsalted butter, room temperature , for parchment paper, sugar, cornstarch, salt, warm water, unsalted butter , cut into pieces, lemons , zest of, fresh lemon juice

all-purpose flour (about 1 1/3 cups), whole-wheat pastry flour, granulated sugar, salt, chilled butter, cut into small pieces, ice water, ripe plums, quartered, brown sugar, divided, armagnac or cognac, vanilla bean, halved, whole-wheat bread, butter, melted, light sour cream, powdered sugar, whole milk, armagnac or cognac, vanilla extract

dried white beans such as great northern, fresh pork rind, confit duck legs, fresh parsley stems (without leaves ), fresh thyme sprigs, garlic cloves, smoked salted slab bacon , halved crosswise, chopped onion (1 lb), salt, meaty mutton or lamb bones, cracked by butcher, rendered goose fat, tomatoes (3 lb), bay leaves (not california ), beef stock (not canned broth), dry white wine, black pepper, fresh garlic-pork sausage (not sweet or very spicy ) such as saucisson a litre ail au vin rouge,saucisse de canard a litre armagnac, or a mixture of the two, plain dry bread crumbs, chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

lobe grade-a duck or goose foie gras, veins and impurities removed, cut lengthwise into 1/2-inch thick slices, kosher salt, freshly ground black pepper, clarified butter or vegetable oil, sliced shallots, apples, peeled, cored, and cut into 16ths, freshly grated nutmeg, armagnac, brioche or other egg bread, toasted