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French Toast with Hazelnut Coffee Cream

Perfect French toast recipe for the perfect brunch.

Course Breakfast, Brunch
Cuisine Australian
Keyword french toast
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 4 serves

Ingredients

  • 2 eggs
  • 100 ml of cream
  • 100 ml of milk
  • 1 tbsp icing sugar
  • ½ tsp ground cinnamon and a drop of vanilla essence
  • 2 slices white bread
  • 25 g   butter
  • 250 ml cream
  • 1 shot of good strong coffee, cooled
  • 2 tbsp icing sugar
  • 1/4 cup chopped toasted hazelnuts or hazelnut meal
  • Fresh fruit and maple syrup to serve

Instructions

Method

  1. Gently whisk the eggs in a bowl together with the cream, milk and icing sugar. Add the cinnamon and vanilla. Soak the bread slices in the mixture.
  2. Melt the butter in a frying pan and fry the soaked bread for 2-4 minutes on each side, or until golden-brown and crisp. Remove the fried bread from the pan and drain on paper towel.
  3. Beat the cream to soft peaks, then add in the icing sugar and whisk to form medium peaks. Add a tablespoon of the coffee to a seperate bowl and fold through the cream gently. Add more coffee until you are happy with the flavour but be careful not to let it curdle. Sprinkle with toasted hazelnuts or gently stir through the hazelnut meal.

Recipe Notes

Serve with a fresh fruit salad and drizzled with maple syrup.