FAT bastard Rosé with audaciously delicious Vanilla French Toast!
February is the month of love and treat someone special in sumptuous style with this audaciously delicious French Toast.
Servings: 2
Ingredients
- 4 large eggs
- ½ cup cream
- ½ cup full-cream milk
- 2 Tbsp sugar
- 1 Tbsp vanilla paste / extract with seeds
- ¼ tsp sea salt flakes
- 6 thick slices of challah or brioche
- 3 Tbsp butter
- ¼ cup almond flakes toasted, to serve
- Pure maple syrup to serve
- Fresh seasonal berries to serve
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 120°C.
- Lightly beat eggs, cream, milk, sugar, salt and vanilla in a large shallow bowl / baking dish.
- Add sliced bread, turn to coat, then press down gently on bread until you feel it soak up custard mixture. Make sure bread is well soaked.
- Heat some of the butter in a large non-stick frying pan over medium heat.
- Using your largest spatula, gently transfer the bread from the custard to the pan, letting the excess drip back into the dish.
- Cook until golden brown on both sides.
- Transfer pieces of French toast to a metal cooling rack sitting on top of a baking tray and keep warm in the oven while you cook the remaining slices.
- Serve French toast as two stacks topped generously with toasted almonds and berries.
- Drizzle with plenty of maple syrup and serve with a glass of chilled FAT bastard Rosé.
Notes
Raspberries & strawberries work particularly well with the vanilla flavour in the French toast
The FAT bastard wines can be purchased online at https://shop.fatbastardwine.co.za/ and are widely available nationally, retailing at around R95 (white wines) and R120 (red wines).