French Toast With Strawberries & Mascarpone
"Got a sweet tooth and in for a filling breakfast? This recipe for french toast with fresh strawberries, whipped mascarpone & maple syrup should definitely be on your list to try next! One of the best things about this dish is that is very rewarding to prepare it for someone else. It’s easy to make and doesn’t take up a lot of your time, but it looks like something you can serve up in a café! I think it makes for a great recipe for breakfast in bed and it is perfect for surprising your loved ones on for example Mother’s Day or an anniversary."
Serves2 people
Preparation Time15 min
Cooking Time10 min
Cooking MethodSkillet
Cooking Vessel Sizemedium skillet
Ingredients
- 4 slice white bread (preferably firm or slightly stale)
- 4 medium eggs
- 60 gram mascarpone
- 50 milliliter cream
- 8 gram sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 160 gram strawberries
- salted butter for greasing the pan
- maple syrup for serving
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Add the heavy cream, vanilla extract, and sugar to a bowl and whisk with a mixer until soft peaks form. Add the mascarpone to the mixture and keep whisking until well combined. Refrigerate the mascarpone cream while you’re preparing the French toast.
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Wash, decrown, and cut the strawberries in half. Let them dry on a paper towel and put them aside.
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Whisk the eggs in a shallow bowl, big enough to fit at least one slice of bread.
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Slowly melt salted butter in a pan on low heat.
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Place the first two slices of bread in the egg mixture. Let each side of the slices absorb the mixture, but make sure that the bread doesn’t turn soggy. The amount of egg it can absorb depends on the firmness of the bread. This is why a firm or slightly stale bread is ideal.
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When the butter is fully melted and starts bubbling, turn up the heat to medium. Add the two slices of bread with the egg mixture to the pan. Cook them for about 2 – 2,5 minutes on each side until just slightly golden brown.