Pain perdu
This is a sweet French version of "eggy bread": slices of bread soaked in a mixture of milk, cream, egg yolks and vanilla sugar, then pan-fried until golden. It's really simple and wickedly delicious!
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Last modified on: July 20th 2011
Keywords for this recipe:For 6 sliceds bread, you will need:
- 1
6 slices Sandwich bread - 2
60 ml whole milk - 3
60 ml liquid cream - 4
10 g Vanilla sugar - 5
2 egg yolks - 6
4 tablespoons caster sugar - 7
3 tablespoons Clarified butter - 8
maple syrup (optional) - Total weight: 515 grams
Change these quantities to make: 2 sliceds bread 3 sliceds bread 6 sliceds bread 12 sliceds bread 18 sliceds bread
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Resting | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 min. | 20 min. | 6 min. | 39 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Cut 6 slices Sandwich bread and trim off the crust.
Stage 2 - 5 min.
Put into the blender goblet: 60 ml whole milk, 60 ml liquid cream, 10 g Vanilla sugar, and 2 egg yolks.
Blend for a few seconds until smooth and evenly mixed.
Blend for a few seconds until smooth and evenly mixed.
Stage 3 - 10 min.
Pour the mixture into a dish and leave the slices of bread to soak for 10 mintues on one side...
Stage 4 - 10 min.
... then 10 minutes on the other side.
Stage 5 - 3 min.
Melt 3 tablespoons Clarified butter in a large frying pan over medium heat.
Sprinkle the slices with sugar and place in the pan sugar side downwards.
Sprinkle the slices with sugar and place in the pan sugar side downwards.
Stage 6 - 6 min.
Fry until golden on the first side, then turn over and fry the other side.
Stage 7
It's ready. Serve hot or warm. You can drizzle maple syrup over the top if you wish.
Remarks
This is a good way of using up bread that is going a bit dry, as this works even better than fresh bread.
You can make it with brioche too, and serve it simply with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, for example, or a little really cold whipped cream (chantilly).
You can make it with brioche too, and serve it simply with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, for example, or a little really cold whipped cream (chantilly).
Keeping
Just a few minutes once cooked.
Source
Home made, but based on how my mother used to make it when I was little.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,560 Kcal or 6,531 Kj | 192 gr | 1,085 gr | 210 gr |
| 78 % | 74 % | 102 % | 32 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 303 Kcal or 1,269 Kj | 37 gr | 211 gr | 41 gr |
| 15 % | 14 % | 20 % | 6 % |
| Per sliced bread | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 260 Kcal or 1,089 Kj | 32 gr | 181 gr | 35 gr |
| 13 % | 12 % | 17 % | 5 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 6 sliceds bread : 1.69 €
- Per sliced bread : 0.28 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Whole milk: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Potimarron and leek soup, Gratin Comtois, Chocolate cream with a crunch, irish coffee mousse, Peach and verbena feuilleté, Caramel semolina pudding with raisins, ... All |
 | Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Creamy artichokes, Duet of creamed cauliflower and cabbage , Spicy mustard cauliflower cheese, Chocolate mousse with hazelnuts, Creamy asparagus and meat timbale, ... All |
 | Vanilla sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Génoise (Genoa sponge), Apple Pie, Crêpes Suzette, Chocolate muffins, Kouign-amann brioche, ... All |
 | Sandwich bread: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Eggs Benedict , Comtoise apple charlotte, Fried egg in bread, Crab and smoked salmon club sandwiches , Chicken club sandwich, ... All |
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