Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner or Dessert: Grilled French Toast with Fruit & Cream

I have a love hate relationship with French Toast – it allows itself get so easily sidetracked, so ‘meh’ and so often that it takes a twist to get me hankering after it.

And I’m not the only one. In Epicurious’s ‘Cook Like a Diner‘ series, David Tamarkin writes ‘The French Toast Notebooks’ and his 

Read: The French Toast Notebooks

Welcome to Epicurious’ “Cook Like a Diner” series, where we obsess about the simple, iconic, super-crunchy pleasures of diner food—and figure out how to make those classic dishes at home.

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Like wholemeal bread. And yaji spice, crusted with cornflakes or coconut…and a reminder grilled/ in a grill pan. 

Read: How to make French Toast

So you make up your French toast as you would, heat up a grill pan, lightly grease it – I like to use a brush and brown butter. I like to slice my bread in half because I’m very much a crust person – I like a high ratio of crust to cream. I added ground cardamom and orange zest to my mix of milk and eggs. 

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The grill pan, and butter creates both flavour – smoky, nutty, caramel and texture – soft, crisp and crunchy.

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What I make sure is that every single side is marked, lined by the grill.

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I love. If ever there was a way to get me French Toast eating, this is it.

Once outta the fire, I serve it up with fruit and cream. I’m very much a buffet person

Read: My approach to eating 🙂

On my plate I have:

  • Fresh and poached fruit. Berries, grapes, kiwis, mulberries, ebelebo 
  • Acid by way of lemon
  • Creamy by way of mascarpone
  • And sweet by way of maple syrup

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Boy, does this make a great dinner and dessert, did I also mention breakfast and lunch?

Tip: you can make ahead for parties and keep warm in the oven!

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The combination of toasted bread, cool cream, delicious fruit – fresh and syruppy was everything.

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Everything, bringing me back to quaffing French Toast.

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And also looking for new ways to switch it up. What’s your take?

3 Comments

  1. I’ve had oven baked french toast skewers with fruit, drizzled with maple syrup that was divine!

    As I’m a sucker for grill marks, I should definitely try this one. Will let you know how it goes.

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