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Pain Perdu

Name: Pain Perdu
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: 4 fillets Stale Baguette or Bread; 2 Egg; 150ml Milk; 2 tbsp Sugar; A pinch Vanilla Extract; 2 tbsp Butter; A pinch Cinnamon powder; To taste Maple Syrup (to serve)

Dessert

⏱ 20 min

👥 Serves 2

Difficulty ⭐

Stale bread soaked in egg and fried — the original French toast, born from not wasting food.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Pain perdu means 'lost bread': stale bread is revived by soaking it in egg and milk and frying it. The technique traveled to the English-speaking world as 'French toast.' In France it's a breakfast and snack favorite, served with cinnamon sugar, maple syrup, or seasonal fruit.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Sunday morning in a Paris home, yesterday's hard baguette soaks in egg and turns into a fragrant breakfast.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 2)

Stale Baguette or Bread 4 fillets
Egg 2
Milk 150ml
Sugar 2 tbsp
Vanilla Extract A pinch
Butter 2 tbsp
Cinnamon powder A pinch
Maple Syrup (to serve) To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Whisk the eggs, milk, sugar, and vanilla well in a bowl.
Soak the bread in the mixture until it's absorbed all the way through.
Heat butter in a frying pan and cook the bread until golden on both sides.
Plate and sprinkle with cinnamon.
Drizzle with maple syrup.

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