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Wholemeal French Toast with Cinnamon Milk and Berries

Slices of wholegrain bread soaked in cinnamon-vanilla egg and milk, fried in butter and served with warm berries, toasted almonds and a spoonful of thick yoghurt.

Wholemeal French Toast with Cinnamon Milk and Berries. Slices of wholegrain bread soaked in cinnamon-vanilla egg and milk, fried in butter and served with warm berries, toasted almonds and a spoonful of thick yoghurt.
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Prep 10 minCook 12 minServes 2

Ingredients

Why metric?

Metric avoids regional spoon ambiguity. US uses 5 mL tsp, 15 mL tbsp and 240 mL cup. Small masses stay in grams unless a verified recipe conversion exists. More on measurements

  • 2 eggs (102 g)
  • 120 ml milk (124 g)
  • 1 g ground cinnamon
  • 3 g vanilla extract
  • 4 slices wholegrain bread (120 g), preferably a day old
  • 20 g unsalted butter
  • 150 g frozen mixed berries
  • 18 g honey
  • 120 g greek-style yoghurt
  • 20 g almonds, roughly chopped

Method

  1. Beat the eggs, milk, cinnamon and vanilla together in a wide shallow dish until no streaks of white remain.
  2. Put the berries in a small pan with 5 g of the honey over low heat. Cook 4-5 minutes, crushing a few against the side, until they slump and release a loose syrup.
  3. Lay the bread in the egg mixture and leave it 30 seconds a side. Day-old bread should feel heavy and saturated to the edges but still lift in one piece; fresh bread needs less time or it tears.
  4. Melt the butter in a frying pan over medium heat. Cook the slices 2-3 minutes a side, until the surface is set, dry to the touch and deep golden with no wet custard seeping at the edge.
  5. Toast the almonds in a dry pan over medium heat, shaking often, until they smell nutty and colour lightly. Serve with the warm berries spooned over, the yoghurt alongside, the almonds scattered on top and the rest of the honey trickled over.

Tomorrow

French toast reheats poorly and goes leathery. If there is any left, it is better cold with the berries than warmed through.

Safety and storage

Keeps
3 days refrigerated below 5°C
Reheat to
steaming hot, at least 60°C

Cool and cover within two hours of cooking; split large amounts into shallow containers so they chill quickly. Reheat until steaming hot, at least 60°C.

Where these temperatures come from