Kick start your any day with this delicious breakfast and you’ll feel great for the rest of the day…
My mom used to make this often when I was young, not for breakfast but as an evening snack. This delicious french toast has always put a smile on my face and the aroma while making this has made me go Mmmmm. Now, once in a while I tend to make this for breakfast when I get tired of my regular breakfast dishes.
I’ve been under the impression that this breakfast dish must have been created in France, well after reading about this in Wiki I came to learn that French toast was first mentioned in the “Apicius”, a collection of Roman recipes dating back to the 4th or 5th century. That was a pretty new and interesting information to me.
I usually have just the french toast, so this time for a change I topped it with caramelized plums which made the french toast even more delicious. You could make the topping with almost any kind of fruits, for instance: strawberry, pears, mango, apples, orange, etc. If you haven’t tasted french toast yet, then you are missing out on something really delicious which can be made effortlessly.
French Toast with Caramelized Plums:
For making French Toast
Ingredients:
Makes – 4
- Bread slices, white or whole grain- 4 slices
- Eggs- 3
- Milk or cream- 1/4 cup
- Vanilla extract- 1 tsp
- Ground Cinnamon – 1/4 tsp
- Brown Sugar or white sugar- 1/4 cup
For making caramelized Plums
- Plums, sliced long – 2
- Honey – 1 tbsp
- Brown sugar or white cane sugar- 2 tbsp
- Water – 4 tbsp
Instruction
- In a bowl- whisk eggs, milk, vanilla extract, ground cinnamon & sugar, together.
- Heat a non-stick or cast-iron skillet over medium heat, spread 1 tbsp butter on the pan.
- Dip the bread slices in the egg mixture & coat well.
- Place the bread on the pan, let the bottom side turn golden brown, flip to the other side and let the other side turn golden brown aswell.
- Repeat the same with other bread slices and keep them aside.
- Peel off the skin from the plums and slice them long.
- Heat the same pan used for making french toast, add the plums to the pan.
- Add honey and brown sugar, saute till the sugar dissolves.
- Add water, let it come to a boil, and start to thicken.
- As soon as the water gets thick, remove the pan from the heat.
- Top the french toast with the caramelized plums and sprinkle some powdered sugar over it.
- Serve with hot chocolate or hot coffee.
Tips:
- You could top the french toast with any kind of caramelized fruits. or drizzle with Maple sugar.
- Increase the number of ingredients to make more.
- Bread slices, white or whole grain- 4 slices
- Eggs- 3
- Milk or cream- ¼ cup
- Vanilla extract- 1 tsp
- Ground Cinnamon - ¼ tsp
- Brown Sugar or White sugar- ¼ cup
- Plums, sliced long - 2
- Honey - 1 tbsp
- Brown sugar or white cane sugar- 2 tbsp
- Water - 4 tbsp
- In a bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, vanilla extract, ground cinnamon & sugar together.
- Heat a non-stick pan over medium heat, spread 1 tbsp butter on the pan.
- Dip the bread in the egg mixture & coat well.
- Place the bread on the pan, let the bottom side turn golden brown, flip to the other side and let the other side turn golden brown as well.
- Repeat with other bread slices.
- Peel off the skin from the plums and slice them long.
- Heat the same pan used for making french toast, add the plums to the pan.
- Add honey and brown sugar, saute till the sugar dissolves.
- Add water, let it come to a boil and start to thicken.
- As soon as the water gets thick, remove the pan from the heat.
- Top the french toast with the caramelized plums and sprinkle some powdered sugar over it.
- Serve with hot chocolate or hot coffee.
