FRENCH TOAST DIPPERS

This is a fun and interesting twist to the classic french toast. French toast or eggy bread is a dish made by dipping bread (usually stale bread) in beaten eggs and fried. This is my recipe of making french toast as a sweet dish making use of cinnamon, vanilla essence and sugar and served with a crème fraîche and macerated strawberry sauce.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup caster sugar
• 2 tsp cinnamon 
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract
• 100ml crème fraîche
• Punnet of strawberries
• 4 brioche bread rolls
• 2 eggs
• 60ml whole milk

How to prepare:

-The first thing I make is the cinnamon sugar, this is typically made by mixing 1/4 cup of caster sugar with 1 tablespoon of cinnamon (I use caster sugar because it has a much finer grain). I usually make a lot of this and store in a air tight container at room temperature.

 

-Wash, hull and slice strawberries add remaining 1/4 cup of caster sugar and lemon juice and mix until strawberries are completely coated with sugar and leave for 30 minutes. Stir strawberries through crème fraîche.

-Prepare the bread, I made use of stale brioche bread rolls cut in half. Any bread can be used to make this toast, if using sliced bread remove crust and slice into strips.

-In a bowl crack eggs add milk, vanilla extract and remaining 1 tsp of cinnamon, beat until well combined.

-Place a pan over medium heat and add a knob of butter.

-Dunk each piece of bread into egg mixture soaking both sides. Remove and place on a wire rack sprinkle cinnamon sugar over top.

-Place in a pan  and fry till a golden cinnamon sugar crust forms, flip only once and fry other side  until golden brown.

-Serve in a plate with a dusting of cinnamon sugar and a scoop of  strawberry crème fraîche.