No doubt about it when it comes to the weekend, most people like to pull out the stops a bit when it comes to breakfast and brunch. There is no better way to do this than to prepare your loved ones a delicious hearty breakfast with French Toast and some bacon, or sausage or both. A bit of Maple Syrup on the side and you can't ask for a more delicious breakfast!
French toast at its very basic is a dish composed of stale bread soaked in a sweet, rich, eggy custard and then fried in butter until crisp and golden brown on the outside. Kind of like a fried bread pudding. The insides all soft and soufflé like. The outside crisp and buttery. Altogether, the combination begging for lashings of some sweet syrup drizzled over top.
Its been called Eggy Bread, Pain Perdu (lost bread), Bombay Toast, Gypsy Toast and Poor Knights of Windsor. A rose by any other name, it doesn't really matter what you call it, its delicious! And relatively simple to make as well!
Sweet or savory, it appears in the cuisine of almost every culture and is much beloved by all. When I was growing up it was a delicious alternative served for lunch on Fridays when many families did not eat meat. My children looked forward to having it for a weekend breakfast. There are some who enjoy it for dessert.
It is a really fabulous way to use up stale bread of any kind. You can turn almost anything into French Toast. French or Italian Bread, Brioche, Croissants, bu...
