Strawberries and Cream French Toast
Strawberries and Cream French Toast is the perfect way to spruce up a boring breakfast routine. Start with egg-dipped, brioche bread that's cooked until golden, add tart-sweet strawberry sauce, and top with a soft pillow of almond-flavored cream.
Servings:4 servings
Ingredients
for the cream
- ⅔ cup heavy cream, very cold
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon almond extract, may sub vanilla extract
for the strawberry sauce
- 2 cups strawberries, sliced
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons butter
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
for the toast
- 8 sliced brioche toast, or other thick-cut white bread
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup milk
- ½ teaspoon almond extract, may sub vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- extra butter, for cooking
Instructions
make the whipped cream
- In a medium, chilled glass bowl, combine heavy cream, sugar, and almond extract. Whip by hand or with an electric mixer (definitely the quicker method!) until stiff peaks form. Place in the fridge until ready to use.
prepare the strawberry sauce
- Toss strawberries with the 1 tablespoon flour.
- In a medium sauce pan over medium heat, combine butter, strawberries, and sugar. Once butter is melted reduce heat to low and simmer for 6-8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until sauce darkens and thickens slightly. Remove from heat.
make the French toast
- In a wide, shallow dish, whisk together eggs, milk, almond extract, and flour for 2-3 minutes until flour is incorporated.
- Preheat a large, wide skillet (or griddle) over medium-low heat. Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in the skillet. While butter is melting, proceed with next step.
- Dip a slice of bread in the egg mixture being sure to let it soak for a few seconds, then turn it over and repeat. Lift the bread and allow excess to drip off before transferring to preheated skillet.
- Cook toast 3-4 minutes before turning over and cooking another 3-4 minutes until golden brown. You can cook multiple pieces of toast at the same time if you have room in the skillet, just be sure they aren't touching.
- Repeat with remaining pieces of bread. Top with strawberry sauce and a big dollop of whipped cream and serve immediately.
Notes
- This recipe makes about 8 slices of french toast feeding anywhere from 4-8 people depending on serving size. This feeds five of us in my house - two adults and three small kids.
- If you don't have almond extract, definitely use vanilla extract BUT do yourself a favor and pick up some almond extract next time you're in the spice aisle - it's one of my favorite secrets to taking a good recipe to the next level!
- If you use a large griddle you can make several pieces of toast at the same time and cut down your cooking time by a lot, but it also works just fine to do one slice in a pan at a time if you've got a smaller pan.
- Using chilled cream (I even pop mine in the freezer for 10 minutes or so right before using) and a chilled glass bowl really speeds up the whipping process!
Nutrition
Calories: 329 kcal, Carbohydrates: 36 g, Protein: 6 g, Fat: 18 g, Saturated Fat: 11 g, Cholesterol: 140 mg, Sodium: 82 mg, Potassium: 226 mg, Fiber: 1 g, Sugar: 29 g, Vitamin A: 770 IU, Vitamin C: 43 mg, Calcium: 102 mg, Iron: 1 mg