French toast

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Source: BBC Good Food — Elena Silcock, French toast.

French toast · French

A french toast recipe for 4 servings, written from a single tested source, with times and temperatures kept as the source set them.

Prep20 min
Cook0 min
Total20 min
DifficultyEasy
Per serving311 kcal
FreeVegetarian
Servings4Recipe makes 4
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Allergens (EU 14)
GlutenCrustaceansEggsFishPeanutsSoybeansMilkTree nutsCeleryMustardSesameSulphitesLupinMolluscs

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Method

  1. 1

    Mix. Beat together the eggs, milk, cream, vanilla plus cinnamon. Lay this brioche slices in one single layer in a shallow dish plus tip the egg mixture over them.

  2. 2

    Step 2. Let to soak for 2-3 mins, next with care turn over plus soak for 2 mins extra. Heat of the vegetable oil and (1 tbsp) butter in one non-stick frying pan over a mid-sized heat till foaming.

  3. 3

    Bake. With care lift 2 slices of this soaked brioche out of the dish plus tip in in order to the frying pan. Fry for 3 mins on every side, till golden and crisp, next put on a rack over one baking tray in one warm oven while you repeat using the leftover slices.

  4. 4

    Finish. Offer dusted in icing sugar and strewn with fresh berries, if you like.

Storage

Keep covered and eat within a few days; freeze leftovers if the dish allows it.

Free sugars

Sugar (daily guide)

0.1 g per serving

0.2 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 0.4 % of the ideal 25 g

Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO

Equipment

  • mixing bowl
  • scales
  • baking tin or tray

Nutrition per serving Calculated from USDA FoodData Central

Per servingAmount
Energy311 kcal
Protein8.4 g
Carbohydrate22.7 g
of which sugars3.4 g
of which free sugars0.1 g
Fat20.8 g
of which saturates8.4 g
Fibre1.1 g
Salt0.72 g

Protein per 100 kcal

2.7 g High protein needs ≥ 5 g per 100 kcal (20% of energy) and ≥ 10 g per serving

Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values