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French Toast With Honey
Stale bread can be resurrected with this wonderful breakfast treat. Serve with generous spoonfuls of Greek yogurt.
Ingredients show imperial units
Serves 2
- 2 small lightly beaten eggs
Eggs
Always have some on hand for quick scrambled egg.
- Keep eggs in the fridge in their box and never eat them after their use-by date.
- The Health Protection Agency recommends buying Lion branded eggs, which come from vaccinated hens and are therefore less likely to contain salmonella
- 150ml warm milk
Milk
organic, full fat, semi-skimmed.
If milk turns sour (and this when it smells or tastes sour not when it has reached the best before date) it is excellent for making scones
- 1 Pinch of ground cinnamon
Cinnamon
Great in buns, cakes, and puddings.
- Add to baked apples or apple pies.
- Break the stick and add to poaching syrup for fruits like pears, plums or bananas or use to infuse wine or punch.
- 1 pinch of ground cardamom
- 1 pinch of ground nutmeg
- 1 pinch of dried ground cloves
- 2 slices of stale bread cut into triangles
- 25g unsalted butter
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50ml Honey
Honey
Enjoy it over ice cream, yoghurt or pancakes or spread onto toast or croissants.
- Honey is also an ancient remedy for the treatment of infected wounds.Manuka Honey has recently been ‘rediscovered’ by the medical profession, particularly where conventional modern therapeutic agents are failing.
- If it gets too cold it will crystallise. Just put the pot in a microwave for 30 seconds and it will return to its normal state.
Instructions
- Mix together the eggs with the milk and spices. Put the bread slices into a shallow container and cover with the milk mixture; leave the bread to soak for 5 minutes.
- Heat a large non-stick frying pan and add the butter. When the butter is frothy, add the bread slices and fry over a high heat for 1 minute on each side. When they are golden on both sides drizzle with honey and serve immediately.
Comments on this recipe
Haven't had eggy bread since I was a child. Tried it out this morning and it was great. Doesn't Maple Syrup have the edge over honey though?
You can do this without the spices for breakfast, great with bacon and beans
Comments on this recipe