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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 20^th 2011

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For 6 sliceds bread, you will need:

1 6 slices Sandwich bread
2 0 litre whole milk
3 60 ml liquid cream
4 1 tablespoon Vanilla sugar
5 2 egg yolks
6 4 tablespoons caster sugar
7 3 tablespoons Clarified butter
8 maple syrup (optional)

Change these quantities to make: 2 sliceds bread 3 sliceds bread 6 sliceds bread 12 sliceds bread 18 sliceds bread

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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: 0 litre whole milk, 60 ml liquid cream, 1 tablespoon Vanilla sugar, and 2 egg yolks.

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.

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).

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
1,925 Kcal or 8,060 Kj	191 gr	1,123 gr	248 gr
96 %	73 %	106 %	38 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
423 Kcal or 1,771 Kj	42 gr	247 gr	55 gr
21 %	16 %	23 %	8 %

Per sliced bread
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
321 Kcal or 1,344 Kj	32 gr	187 gr	41 gr
16 %	12 %	18 %	6 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Gluten, Egg

How much will it cost?

For 6 sliceds bread : 1.45 €
Per sliced bread : 0.24 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Whole milk: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fresh mint ice-cream, Celeriac soup with mustard, Polenta with beetroot tops, Pistachio ice cream, Auvergne gratin, ... All
	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Beurre blanc sauce, Spicy mustard cauliflower cheese, Pan-baked hash brown (Hash-brown casserole), Smoky potato and potimarron gratin, Chilli langoustines, ... All
	Vanilla sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chocolate rolls (petits pains), Clementine sorbet, Tyrolean apple crumble, Apricot fool, Chantilly cream, ... All
	Sandwich bread: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Crab and smoked salmon club sandwiches , Fried egg in bread, Croque-monsieur, Grilled cheese, Genoese croque-monsieur, ... All

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