Irish French Toast
Irish French Toast
Serves: 1
Soda bread with its soft, spongy texture makes really good French toast. Here are two ideas for a quick economical snack, one sweet and one savoury, both made with everyday ingredients.
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 75 mls/3floz milk
- Pinch of salt
- 1 white soda farl
- 10 g/ ½ oz butter
- 1 tsp olive oil
- Serve Savoury
- 2 dsp pickles
- 2 dsp onion relish
- 25 g/1oz cheese e.g. Wensleydate
- Serve Sweet
- 1 red apple
- 1 green apple
- 2 plums
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- 1 dsp water
- 1 dsp yoghurt
- Sprig of mint
Instructions
- Break the eggs into a bowl. Whisk along with the milk and a pinch of salt. Cut the soda bread in two and soak in the mixture for 30 seconds.
- Heat the butter and oil in a shallow frying pan. Add the coated soda bread and cook lightly on either side, turning once. Cooking should take only a couple of minutes in total. Use a little kitchen paper to absorb any excess oil.
- Savoury
- Mix the pickles and relish together and spoon onto the toast. Crumble the cheese on top and brown under a very hot grill.
- Sweet
- Core the apples and cut them into wedges, skin still on and quarter the plums. Gently poach in the water and sugar for approximately 2-3 minutes until soft.
- Spoon the fruit onto the farl and top with yoghurt. Garnish with a sprig of mint.