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Recipe Pain Perdu I (Bread)
Home Cooking Recipes
Required Ingredients:
- 4 (1/2 inch) slices egg bread
- 1 egg
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 3 tablespoons white sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 pinch ground nutmeg
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup milk
- 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preparing/Cooking:
- Cut the bread and place on a wire rack to dry out a little as you prepare the batter.
- Whisk the egg to blend.
- Melt 3 tablespoons of the butter in a saucepan or on the stovetop and allow to cool slightly.
- Whisk the sugar, salt and spices into the egg.
- When the butter has cooled slightly, slowly drizzle it in to the egg, whisking all the time.
- A little at a time, add the flour to the egg mixture to make a smooth thick paste.
- After it is all added, slowly blend in the milk and finally the vanilla.
- Whisk until just smooth and set aside.
- Heat the remaining butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Dip a slice of the bread in the batter and allow to soak for 30 seconds, no more.
- Remove from the batter and allow the excess to drip off, back into the bowl.
- Place the battered slice in the skillet.
- Repeat with the remaining slices.
- Cook until golden on one side and then flip to brown the other.
- Serve immediately--a fresh squeeze of lemon juice and a good dusting of powdered sugar is traditional.
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