| • | Take butter in a large saute cooking pan and heat up it all over normal burn until it acquires melted.
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| • | Add the bread pieces and fry them until golden.
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| • | Now take a little saucepan, mix water, anise seed and cinnamon stick. Boil gently until the liquid turns syrupy, about 6 minutes.
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| • | In a large bowl, mix apples, pecans, raisins, zest and cheese.
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| • | Sprinkle cloves and cinnamon all over the top of the fruit mixture and toss to incorporate. Add in bread and cautiously fold all ingredients together.
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| • | Pour one-half of the bread mixture into a large, buttered baking dish and pour one-half of the syrup all over it. Add the left over bread mixture and the left over syrup.
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| • | Bake for 35 minutes in an oven pre-heated to 350 degrees.
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| • | Beat egg yolks until foamy and smooth. Add in milk, table salt and 1/4 cup sherry.
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| • | Whisk until smooth. Pour all over partially cooked bread and bake for some other 35 minutes or until top is golden.
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