French Toast & Blueberries

A prime dish for breakfast in bed treatment.

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

STEP 1:

1. Crack eggs into a shallow bowl. Beat in the sour cream, sugar, cinnamon.

STEP 2:

2. Dip the first slice of bread into the mix to soak. Turn. Repeat with the second slice.

STEP 3:

3. Melt the butter in a frying pan. When bubbling, put the eggy bread in and fry each side till crisp and golden.

STEP 4:

4. Meantime, heat the blueberries in a small pan with sugar and lemon juice. Heat till they’??re just soft.

STEP 5:

5. Serve bread with maple syrup, icing sugar, blueberries.

STEP 6:

STEP 7:

YOU CAN

STEP 8:

STEP 9:

add vanilla extract and cinnamon to egg mix .

STEP 10:

STEP 11:

use stale bread or brioche.

STEP 12:

STEP 13:

use milk instead of sour cream.

STEP 14:

STEP 15:

make Banana French Toast. Soak in egg mix. Fry till golden on each side. Bake 10 minutes at 180°C/350°F/gas 4.

STEP 16:

STEP 17:

fry sandwiches made with sweetened cream cheese, chopped walnuts.

STEP 18:

STEP 19:

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

STEP 20:

STEP 21:

vegans – soak bread in soy milk, sugar and vanilla extract, and fry in soy margarine till golden

STEP 22:

STEP 23:

serve the compote with ice-cream, yogurt