French toast with freshly squeezed orange juice
Time: 15 mins
Serves: 4
This quick and easy recipe is perfect for breakfast or any time of the day. Use wholemeal bread if you can as it’s a good source of fibre.
Ingredients
- 1 large free-range egg, plus 1 yolk
- 150ml full fat milk
- 4 thick slices wholemeal bread, cut into triangles
- 25g butter
- 1tsp olive oil
- 1tbsp golden caster sugar (optional)
- Pinch cinnamon (optional)
- Freshly squeezed orange juice
Method
- Put the egg, yolk and milk in a wide shallow bowl and whisk. Dip the bread into the mixture.
- Heat half the butter and oil in a pan, add a few slices of bread and fry for 2 mins until browned, turn over and cook for another 2 mins. Cook the remaining bread in the rest of the butter and oil.
- Put the sugar and cinnamon into a small bowl and mix.
- Sprinkle the cinnamon mixture over the eggy bread.
- Serve with fresh fruit such as strawberries, blueberries and raspberries and a glass of fresh orange juice.
