Pain Perdu

By Andy Cooks · 30 min

Ingredients

Instructions

1. Whisk the eggs, milk, cream, vanilla seeds, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg in a large bowl until the sugar dissolves. Season with sea salt.
2. Pour the custard into a shallow tray.
3. Cut the baguette into 4 portions, then halve each horizontally.
4. Turn the bread in the custard to coat fully and soak for 5 to 10 minutes, until fully soaked.
5. Preheat the oven to 180°C fan force (355°F).
6. Heat half the butter in a large ovenproof frying pan over medium-high heat.
7. Fry half the soaked bread cut side down for 2 minutes, until golden brown.
8. Turn the bread over and sprinkle with half the extra sugar.
9. Transfer the pan to the oven and bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until caramelised and puffed. Repeat with the remaining bread, butter and sugar.
10. Serve drizzled with maple syrup, with berries and a dusting of icing sugar.

Summarized from Andy Cooks's video. Watch it for the details.

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