How to make the best french toast: ideal french toast for breakfast or brunch

What a delight when Holy Week arrives and Spain is impregnated with the unmistakable aroma of cinnamon and sugar toast from torrijas. We’ve already seen thousands of ways to prepare them: with grilled milk, cream milk, light or quick French toast in the microwave. However, we can’t leave the French toast recipe off the list, which for many is a simple and quick version of our traditional dessert. It is a very popular dish both in our country and abroad. This is perfect for an unorthodox change on dates..

to make french toast we can use slices of loaf of bread or we can use thick slices of bread, the latter being the most common. The first thing we do is take a bath in which we soak the bread so that it softens and the inside is creamy, as when preparing French toast.

To do this, mix well-beaten eggs with milk, sugar, cinnamon and a little vanilla extract. Add a pinch of saltAccording to the recommendations of experts, which will make our French toast more delicious. directly to the palate.

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We whisk it well and pour the mixture into a deep tray and place the bread slices so that they are thoroughly wet, turn them from time to timeuntil the bread slices have absorbed all the liquid.

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Then we set a griddle or, if not, a large frying pan on fire. We do it on low flame so that they do not burn, but also cook the inside. To do this, melt some butter and fry the French toast on both sides, adding a little more butter each time you grill a new slice.

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Any sweet accompaniment goes well with French toast, but the most common ones are a good drizzle of maple syrup or honey, a piece of melted butter on top, a garnish of whipped cream or ice cream, or a few strawberries.

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