Blueberry, Orange Stuffed French Toast
Created by Bergy on August 1, 2014
- Servings: 8
- Prep Time: 30m
- Cook Time: 15m
- Recipe #13580
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups blueberries (fresh or frozen blueberries, leave berries frozen)
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar (divided)
- 8 Italian bread slices (1 1/4" thick slices)
- 4 large eggs
- 1/2 cup fresh orange juice
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
- SAUCE
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 1/4 cup water
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon corn starch
- Orange sections (1 1/2 cups)
- 1 cup blueberries (fresh or frozen)
- 1/3 cup sliced almonds (toasted)
How to Make
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Step 1: Preheat oven to 400f
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Step 2: Toss together 1 1/2 cups blueberries with 2 tablespoons sugar
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Step 3: Slice a pocket into each slice of bread
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Step 4: Fill the pockets with the sugared blueberries
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Step 5: Set aside
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Step 6: Whisk together the eggs 1/2 cup orange juice, orange zest and 1 tablespoon sugar
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Step 7: Dip both sides of the stuffed bread slices
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Step 8: Careful not to squeeze out the berries
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Step 9: Place each slice in a lightly greased 15x10x1 inch bakinf pan
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Step 10: Place in preheated oven
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Step 11: Bake for 14-17 minutes
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Step 12: Meanwhile, in a small saucepan whisk the first 4 sauce ingredints until smooth
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Step 13: Bring to a boil, stirring comstantly.
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Step 14: Cook1-2 minutes until thickened
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Step 15: Stir in the orange segments and 1 cup blueberries
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Step 16: Heat through, keep warm
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Step 17: Serve the French toast with the sauce poured over and sprinkled with almonds
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (182.2 g)
- Calories 204.2
- Total Fat - 5.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 1.4 g
- Cholesterol - 108 mg
- Sodium - 223.2 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 32.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.3 g
- Sugars - 19.9 g
- Protein - 7.1 g
- Calcium - 49 mg
- Iron - 1.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 22.6 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg