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1 ready made baguette
240 ml milk
1 tablespoon caster sugar
1 cinnamon stick
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 lemon peels
2 free range organic eggs
60 ml sunflower oil
1 tablespoon icing sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
The last recipe from Spain for this year is Torrijas Españolas, another Saint Nicholas breakfast favorite. It may seem like a lot of work but it's done in no time at all. With fresh fruit it is extra delicious, really a breakfast to enjoy on your free Sunday!
How to make Torrijas Españolas
First prepare some things
Bake off the bread in 10 minutes.
Cut the lemon peel.
Allow the bread to cool.
How to make the milk
Pour the milk in a saucepan.
Add the caster sugar to the milkr.
Add the lemon peel, cinnamon and vanilla.
Bring the milk just to the boil on medium heat..
Turn off the heat and let the flavours infuse the milk for approximately 20 minutes
Cut the bread into 2.5cm thick slices.
Stir the cinnamon into the icing sugar.
Whisk the eggs until foamy.
Pour the milk through a sieve into a dish.
Now you have 1 bowl with egg and 1 with milk.
Soak the bread in the milk on both sides.
Dip the bread into the egg mixture.
Heat the oil for 7-8 minutes in a skillet and preheat the oven on the lowest heat
Fry the bread for +/- 3 minutes.
Turn and fry for 3 minutes again.
Sift the cinnamon sugar over the bread.
Serve the Torrijas Españolas with fresh raspberries
and a pot of fresly brewed coffee
Happy Sunday!