The perks of growing up means you start to think about things that matter. Like brunch. How underrated is brunch? Brunch means you can wake up later (admittedly not right now), it be okay for you to be on your 3rd coffee; brunch often comes with friends, and it’s totally acceptable to have either savoury and sweet.
Brunch, as we have learned, is one of the best meals of the day. And thanks to our foodie Aussie friend, we were introduced to this recipe which is one of the best things you might ever taste. Ever. Don’t be put off by its high maintenance. Invite some friends over and put them to work in the kitchen – community at its best.
A sure fire way to start your weekend off RIGHT. Very, very right.
Strawberry Stuffed French Toast (I’ll give credit to the one who opened our eyes to good, honest, community building food – Claire Perini).
What you need:
- Loaf (or 2 or 3) of unsliced bread – an oval shaped loaf (cut into thick sliced, and then lengthways and then slit in the middle for stuffing).
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1/4 cup of sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Sprinkle cinnamon
- Large tub of strawberries (you can also use nectarines, raspberries or blueberries) but strawberries are in season in SA…
- Tub of double thick plain yoghurt (full cream preferably, and organic if you wish to add some kind of healthy something to this recipe)
- Toasted sliced almonds
- Maple syrup (the good kind, not the fake stuff)
- Bacon (optional – and always so good with maple syrup – yummmmmm)
Method:
Preheat the oven to 180C. Slice fruit and stuff those little bad boys into the bread (not too full though). Whisk all the other ingredients together. On medium heat butter the pan, dip the stuffed bread into the egg mixture and fry on each side (turning once only, it doesn’t need to be completely cooked as it will cook a bit more in the oven). Popsy pop in the oven to crispy crisp it up for about 10 mins.
And you’re done. Please make this recipe. It’s a taste sensation.
Image credit: justataste.com, homemadehooplah.com.
This sounds amazing! I’d lbe vet to try this. However, I am culinary-challenged, and I don’t understand how you are supposed to cut the bread 🙈 Please forgive my ignorance! Could you please “dumb it down” for me!! I’ve read that point repeatedly, to try and figure it out, but I just can’t! Did I mention I was culinary-challenged?! Megan xxx
Ha ha ha! It is a tricky one, hard to explain. And I need to rethink it each time we make it…
So you take your oval loaf and slice it like you would usual bread, but in thicker chunks (thicker than usual bread slices).
Then you slice it lengthways so you have two horizontal rectangular-ish looking pieces. One rectangular one on top, one below it. If you were then to pop them on their crust you’d be looking into the middle of the bread. (It might be easier to draw and then send pic!).
Then when you’re staring down into the middle of the bread, you cut a slit into the bread lengthwise (almost like a pita bread) where you’d stuff in the sliced strawberry…
Does that make more sense to you… ?!?
The BEST brunch food ever!
Make it again and send photos! I also can’t remember the bread slicing part 🙂