Hello everyone! Have you heard of French toast? It can be savoury or sweet, and it's easy to make. Today we're introducing French toast.
French toast is bread dipped in egg mixed with milk and fried in a pan. In the usual version, the pan is generously buttered so the bread is fragrant and rich, then it's served with ice cream, topped with sweet-and-tangy fruit and drizzled with honey or syrup before eating.
What Is French Toast?
Is it called French toast because the French invented it? The answer isn't clear, but one thing is certain: France didn't invent this wonderful breakfast. The name may come from the fact that, in the past, French bread became very hard when kept for a while, so people came up with a recipe to make it edible again. At first it was simply dipped in milk, and later eggs were added too.
You might wonder why milk goes into eggy bread. For soft, smooth, delicious French toast, you need to mix milk or cream with the eggs before dipping the bread. Each country makes it slightly differently.
Sweet or Savoury Around the World
Some countries eat French toast as a savoury dish, for example for breakfast with scrambled eggs and ham, in which case salt is added to the recipe.
Other countries eat French toast as a sweet treat, adding sugar, cinnamon and all sorts of other ingredients. Different cultures, different tastes. But the French toast said to be the most delicious, listed among CNN Travel's 50 most delicious foods, is Hong Kong French toast. Here it's like a sandwich: two slices pressed together with peanut butter or coconut jam in the middle, deep-fried in butter and topped with yet more butter. If you love bread soaked in butter, be sure to try it.
French Toast Ingredients
- 3–5 thick slices of sandwich bread
- 4 large eggs (size 1)
- 1/2 cup unsweetened milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
- 1/4 tsp fine salt
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon (optional)
- Fruit such as strawberries, blueberries or kiwi (whatever you have, optional)
- Honey or maple syrup to taste
- Icing sugar for dusting (optional)
How to Make French Toast
- Crack the eggs into a mixing bowl, then add the milk, salt, cinnamon and vanilla.
- Stir everything together and set aside.
- Heat a pan and melt butter all over it.
- Once the butter has melted, dip the bread into the egg mixture and let it soak for a while so it absorbs the mixture.
- Fry the bread in the butter until cooked and coloured to your liking.
- Arrange the cooked bread on a plate and decorate with fruit, syrup and icing sugar. That's it, ready to eat.
