- 1/4 cup light cream
- 2 large egg yolks
- freshly grated zest of 1/2 an orange
- 2 teaspoons freshly squeezed orange juice
- 1 teaspoon of sugar
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 2 thick slices of panettone, cut in half
- confectioners' sugar, to dust
- Orange Cream
- 3 tablespoons sour cream
- 1 teaspoon confectioners' sugar
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed orange juice
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
To make the orange cream, put the sour cream, confectioners' sugar, orange juice, and lemon juice in a bowl and stir until smooth and creamy. Set aside until needed.
Put the cream, egg yolks, and grated orange zest, and juice and the sugar in a wide, shallow dish and beat well. Heat the butter in a large non-stick skillet. Dip each piece of panettone in the custard mixture, coating each side well, then arrange in the skillet. Spoon any remaining custard mixture over the toasts and fry for 2 minutes, or until golden underneath.
Very carefully flip the toasts over and cook for a further 1-2 minutes until golden. Put 2 slices of French toast on each plate, then dust with confectioners' sugar, drizzle the orange cream and top with strips of orange zest.
Blake, Susannah... [et al.]. (2007). easy breakfast & brunch • simple recipes for morning treats. (pp. 60-61). New York: Ryland Peters & Small.
If there is one recipe that you try from this site, I would recommend that this be the one. Jean Paul and I actually had grandiose dreams of opening a breakfast cafe names "Orange Zest" while eating this meal; it was THAT incredible.
We did stray from the recipe somewhat.
Panettone is a more of a holiday bread served in Milan and Latin American cultures and unavailable at our current market. To bake the bread from scratch at this point was not an option, but perhaps something to look at sometime down the road. We sreplaced the Panettone for a loaf of raisin challah which was a wonderful substitute.
And this week, I did cook up a little bacon to balance things out. Everything taste better with bacon, right?
This little recipe book,
easy breakfast & brunch has done it again and knocked us both off our seats with high anticipation for the weekend to come, to see what breakfast treats we'll be cooking next!