French Toast With Cherries
Created by ImPat on March 30, 2021
- Servings: 6
- Prep Time: 10m
- Cook Time: 12m
- Recipe #36713
Ingredients
- 250 grams caster sugar
- 1 orange, zest of and peeled
- 1 orange, juice of
- 6 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups milk, (375 ml)
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, plus an extra pinch
- 1 lemon, finely grated zest
- 180 grams white bread, 6 thick slices of day old white bread specified
- Unsalted butter, to cook
- 600 grams ricotta, fresh firm and drained
- 500 grams cherries, pitted and halved
- Pistachios, slivered to serve
How to Make
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Step 1: To cook the orange syrup, place the sugar, orange zest and juice in a small saucepan with 2 tablespoons water over medium heat and cook, swirling pan for 6-8 minutes until sugar has dissolved and then let stand at room temperature until ready to use.
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Step 2: Whisk the eggs, milk, spices, lemon zest in a bowl and working with 2 slices of read at a time, dip into the mixture, turning once, to lightly soak.
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Step 3: Heat some butter in a large non-stick frypan over medium-high heat and working in batches, cook the bread for 2-3 minutes on each side until golden brown and cooked through and then keep warm while you cook the remaining slices.
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Step 4: Divide the toast among plates and top each with ricotta and cherries and spoon over a generous amount of orange syrup and scatter with pistachios and serve immediately.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (650.7 g)
- Calories 867.8
- Total Fat - 35 g
- Saturated Fat - 14.5 g
- Cholesterol - 942.7 mg
- Sodium - 761.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 93.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 5.5 g
- Sugars - 59.8 g
- Protein - 46.6 g
- Calcium - 544.6 mg
- Iron - 6.4 mg
- Vitamin C - 85.5 mg
- Thiamin - 0.4 mg