French Toast & Blueberries
A prime dish for breakfast in bed treatment.
Difficulty Level: easy
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 2 tbsps sour cream
- ½ tbsp caster sugar
- Good pinch cinnamon
- 2 slices white bread, crusts removed
- A little butter
- Maple syrup
- Icing sugar
- Blueberry compote
- 50g/2oz blueberries
- 1 tbsp caster sugar
- Squeeze lemon juice
Instructions
1. Crack eggs into a shallow bowl. Beat in the sour cream, sugar, cinnamon.
2. Dip the first slice of bread into the mix to soak. Turn. Repeat with the second slice.
3. Melt the butter in a frying pan. When bubbling, put the eggy bread in and fry each side till crisp and golden.
4. Meantime, heat the blueberries in a small pan with sugar and lemon juice. Heat till they’??re just soft.
5. Serve bread with maple syrup, icing sugar, blueberries.
YOU CAN
add vanilla extract and cinnamon to egg mix .
use stale bread or brioche.
use milk instead of sour cream.
make Banana French Toast. Soak in egg mix. Fry till golden on each side. Bake 10 minutes at 180°C/350°F/gas 4.
fry sandwiches made with sweetened cream cheese, chopped walnuts.
soak crustless cheese sandwiches in egg, milk, mustard, and bake in a greased shallow dish at 180°C/350°F/gas 4 for 10 minutes or until cooked through/crispy
vegans – soak bread in soy milk, sugar and vanilla extract, and fry in soy margarine till golden
serve the compote with ice-cream, yogurt
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