This Easter just around the corner and there are many who are involved in the preparations required by these festivities. Between these dates, some traditional dishes are back on the tableBoth savory and sweet, many look forward to having fun with family and friends.
Every corner of Spain has its own special dish for these holidays, but there is one dish that never fails and is loved by many: the french toast. These days, it is home to this dessert made from bread, milk and sugar.
Recipes for cooking this typical dessert There is a huge variety of recipes and among them is the traditional way. But with this recipe, you can make French toast that adds a special touch to them.With a crispy finish that sugar gives you as it caramelizes.
Contents
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1 loaf of bread one or two days old (or bread for French toast)
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1/2 liter of milk
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1 stick of cinnamon
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1 sprig of vanilla
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peel of an orange
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oil or butter
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Eggs
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sugar to caramelize french toast
detailing
First, before you start preparing the bread, infuse the milk long enough to cool. Therefore, add it to a saucepan along with milk. cinnamon, vanilla and orange peeland boil it. After warming up, we take it from the stove and let it rest for a while, then put it in the refrigerator and leave it to cool thoroughly. Remember this before leaving the milk in the refrigerator.It should rest and cool to room temperature.
While the milk is cooling, we will cut the loaf of bread into thick slices. the size of two or three fingers. After everything is ready, we will put the milk to which we will add the egg beforehand and the bread to get wet in a bowl. The longer the bread stays in the milk, the juicier the French toast will be.. The duration may vary according to the taste of the diners. We will remove the bread slices from the milk and put them on a plate and let them drain a little before baking.
Heat some oil or butter in a pan and set the bread slices to one side. When they are golden, we will turn them so that they cook on the other side. When we see that the torrijas are cooked on both sides, we will add some sugar on one side to caramelize. In addition, another way to caramelize is to add sugar after taking it from the stove, burn with a conventional torch or burner.
Another way to make this recipe is After heating the milk mixture, add it to the bread slices. and infused with cinnamon, vanilla and orange zest. After wetting the bread slices thoroughly with this mixture, we will add sugar to the French toast and caramelize it with a blowtorch or traditional burner.
When the torrijas are ready, All that remains is to enjoy this traditional Easter dessert.We can accompany it with ice cream.