Wakey wakey eggs and bakey no more! Now it is wakey wakey frenchy toasty, and this is a particularly special one from Symmetry Breakfast which has a delectable cornflake crust.
(Originally published 05/06/2023)
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Makes: 2 servings
Ingredients
1 egg
150ml whole milk
1/2tsp of vanilla extract
1tbsp icing sugar
100g cornflakes
50g ground almonds
2 thick slices of brioche
1 1/2tbsp butter
1. Le Pain Grillé
Get your French on á la Tom Cardy and preheat the oven to 180°C.
In one bowl, mix together 150ml milk, 1 egg and 1/2tsp vanilla.
Crush 100g cornflakes in a bag so you have a range of sizes (some big flakes, some small’uns), add to another bowl with 50g ground almonds and mix these together.
Cut two thick slices of brioche and soak these in milk mixture until they have absorbed it all.
Gently lift your eggy baby into the cornflake/almond mixture and coat both sides with cornalmonds.
Melt the butter in a frying pan and add the french toast in his new cornflaké Manteau. Cook for two or three minutes on each side, or until a nice golden brown.
Pop these into a baking tray and bake for 10 minutes until crispy on the outside, soft in the middle.
Dust with icing sugar and serve with fruit of choice, edible flowers if you have them (or the foraging skills to find them), some syrup and sour cream.
Dink and sink!
Food for Thought
Lizzy says: “I am a french toast stan – but back in my day we called it eggy bread (yes, a lot less appetizing). While I feel this had potential to be really good, I found the final toast way to crispy to enjoy, it felt like it was tearing my mouth to shreds like a whipper snipper; it just didn’t really have anything on the og eggy bread classic. I probably would not make again. 4/10″
Kate says: “My normal go-to for breakfast is pancakes, so this French toast was a fun little sojourn into other breakfasts with help from the king “Symmetry Breakfast“. I think the cornflakes were a cool twist, but probably not one I would repeat as I quite like my French toast on the squishier side. For what I want from my French toast this was just an extra step which meant longer until I could sit down for my morning coffee. 6/10 I think I would go standard French toast or pancakes next time”
5/10 Gasps
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