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French toast with whipped cream
French toast is something that adapts to a variety of meals. It’s great for a special brunch or breakfast, but can also be a lovely dessert. It’s a great way to use day old French bread, and a change from the usual bread pudding. Doing it this way ensures that it is fully cooked through the center, that everyone can eat at the same time, and minimizes time spent hovering over a skillet. Here is some critical advice. To have that lovely crispy outside and creamy inside, do not use regular sliced bread. This is one place that it has to be French bread. Different stores have differences in their French bread as well, and the favorite here is to use bread from Zuppardo’s from Metairie at the corner of Transcontinental & Veteran’s Memorial Blvd. Test and see which French bread gets YOUR family’s vote of “best for French toast.”
Big Easy French toast
o 1 loaf French bread, day old, sliced 1 ½-2” thick
o 8 eggs, beaten lightly
o ¾ c. milk or half & half
o 1 ½ tsp vanilla
o ¼ tsp. nutmeg
o ¼ tsp. cinnamon
o ½ c. vegetable oil
o ½ c. margarine
Pour milk into beaten eggs, add vanilla, nutmeg & cinnamon and beat together with whisk. Place in shallow dish for soaking bread. Dip each slice into the egg mixture, ensuring all surfaces are covered with egg mixture, then soak 2-3 minutes on each cut side. If the bread has started to harden, double the soaking time to ensure the bread soaks in the egg mixture. Heat oven to 300°F. and lightly oil cookie sheet. Heat skillet over medium heat with about ½ each of the oil and margarine and carefully add the pieces of bread, one at a time, to the skillet. Cook each side just until it starts to brown, then place on cookie sheet in oven, adding oil & margarine as needed. Repeat until all of the bread has been used.
Bake at 300° for about 30 minutes or until toasts are golden brown. Serve hot.
Ten serving suggestions:
1. Sprinkled with powdered sugar
2. With fresh berries (blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries) and sprinkled with powdered sugar or whipped cream.
3. Ice cream—use your favorite flavor
4. Canned fruit pie filling can be a lovely topping, with or without whipped cream.
5. Cooked fruit sauces.
6. Butter and maple syrup with toasted pecans.
7. Drained canned fruit and a drizzle of cream or half & half
8. Pudding-any flavor you like
9. Frozen fruit, still partially frozen and drizzled with cream or half & half
10. Chocolate ganache, shaved chocolate, and a dollop of whipped cream
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