We never really had French Toast in our house, or "Eggy Bread" as we call it over here. I remember seeing it for the first time in Kramer v Kramer. I have since become quite fond of it though, not necessarily for breakfast but for when I crave something sweet and don't want to go to the trouble of making pancakes.. I find the taste is quite similar. It's also a great way of using up stale bread.
Plain French Toast is just bread dipped both sides in beaten egg thinned with a little milk (or water if you've no milk in), then fried in butter until golden brown. It's up to you what you do with it thereafter. You can make it savoury or sweet...
INGREDIENTS
2 Slices of Bread
1 Egg
2 Dessert Spoons Milk
1 Teaspoon of Vanilla Extract (optional)
Knob of Butter
Drop of Vegetable Oil (this stops the butter from burning)
METHOD
Soak the bread slices in the eggy mixture for 5 minutes a side
Heat the butter and oil in a frying pan
Fry the egg-soaked bread until golden on both sides
VARIATION - ROLL UPS
Cut the crusts off the bread slices
With a rolling pin flatten the bread slices
Spread filling of your choice
Roll up the bread as tightly as you can into a sausage shape
Soak in the egg mixture on all sides
Cook as above
SERVING IDEAS
Savoury
Serve on it's own or with bacon
Make a sandwich with..
Cheese
Cheese and Ham
Cheese and Tomato
Cheese and Onion
Press sandwich together to help it hold, soak in the egg mixture, fry on both sides
Tip.. finely grate the cheese and mix with a little mayonnaise to make a spread
Make roll ups filled with any savoury filling as above
Sweet
After cooking dredge with..
Sugar
Sugar and a little Lemon Juice
Icing Sugar
Cinnamon Sugar (a little cinnamon mixed with sugar)
Golden Syrup
Maple Syrup
Or top with Marmalade! A favourite of mine, acquired during my time at boarding school, is fried bread and marmalade… trust me it's delicious! Topping Eggy Bread with Marmalade is pretty good too.
Make roll ups filled with..
Peanut Butter
Nutella / Chocolate Hazelnut Spread
Jam
Lemon Curd
Thinly sliced Banana*
Thinly sliced Strawberries*
*Don't overfill with fruit or have the slices too thick or you'll have trouble rolling them up. When you put them into the egg mixture to soak, put the side with the join at the bottom so that it soaks up the egg mixture first.. it helps to seal the join.
After cooking dredge with any of the above toppings, sugar, syrup etc.
If desired top with Cream / Crème fraîche / Yoghurt
Filling the Roll Up with Strawberry Jam and dredging in Sugar after cooking tastes remarkably like a Jam Doughnut! You can also cut the Roll Ups into bite sized portions so that you can eat them with your fingers.
Enjoy!
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