Pain Perdu
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Cooking:
15 min.
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Servings per container:
4
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Ingredients for - Pain Perdu

1. Egg bread - 4 slices
2. Egg - 1
3. Unsalted butter - 5 tablespoons
4. White sugar - 3 tablespoons
5. Salt - 1 pinch
6. Ground cinnamon - ½ teaspoon
7. Ground nutmeg - 1 pinch
8. All-purpose flour - ⅓ cup
9. Milk - ¾ cup
10. Vanilla extract - ¾ teaspoon

How to cook deliciously - Pain Perdu

1. Stage

Place bread slices on a wire rack to dry while preparing batter.

2. Stage

Melt 3 tablespoons butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat and allow to cool slightly.

3. Stage

Whisk egg in a shallow bowl. Whisk sugar, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg into egg. When butter has cooled slightly, slowly drizzle it into egg mixture while whisking. Add flour to egg mixture, a little at a time, until a smooth thick paste forms. Slowly blend in milk and vanilla; whisk until just smooth and set aside.

4. Stage

Heat remaining butter in a large skillet over medium heat.

5. Stage

Dip a bread slice in batter and allow to soak for no more than 30 seconds. Remove from batter and allow excess to drip back into the bowl. Place battered slice in the hot skillet. Repeat with remaining bread slices.

6. Stage

Cook bread slices until golden, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Serve immediately.