Balthazar Brioche French Toast Recipes

BALTHAZAR'S BRIOCHE FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, sugar, and milk. Add cinnamon and nutmeg; whisk to combine.
• Layer bread slices in a shallow baking dish and pour over egg mixture; let stand until bread begins to absorb liquid, 2 to 3 minutes. Turn bread slices and let bread absorb liquid on the opposite side, 2 to 3 minutes more.
• Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Place a baking sheet or ovenproof serving platter in oven.
• Working in batches, coat the bottom of a medium skillet with some of the clarified butter and heat over medium-high heat. Add 3 to 4 slices of soaked bread and cook until golden brown and crisp. Turn bread and cook until golden brown and crisp, adding butter as necessary to help browning and to give the French toast a nutty flavor. Transfer French toast to baking sheet in oven to keep warm. Repeat process with remaining clarified butter, soaked bread, and butter.
• Serve French toast immediately dusted with confectioners' sugar, syrup, and fresh fruit or bacon, if desired.

BRIOCHE FRENCH TOAST WITH ORANGE MARMALADE SYRUP

Steps:

• For the syrup:
• Combine the sugar and orange juice in a medium high-sided saute pan over high heat and cook until caramelized, about 2 minutes; do not stir. Whisk in the butter and vanilla extract until melted.
• Stir in the oranges and zest.
• For the French toast:.
• In a baking dish, whisk together the eggs, cream, milk, orange juice, vanilla extract, orange zest and salt until combined.
• Soak the bread slices in the egg mixture until completely soaked through, at least 15 seconds per side.
• Heat 2 tablespoons butter and 1 tablespoon oil in in a large saute pan over medium-high heat until it begins to sizzle.
• Add 3 slices bread at a time and cook, turning once, until golden and crisp on both sides, about 2 minutes per side.
• Repeat with the remaining bread.
• Serve the orange marmalade syrup over the French toast.

BEST BRIOCHE FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Whisk milk, eggs, vanilla extract, sugar, nutmeg, and salt together in a bowl.
• Heat 1 1/2 teaspoons butter in a skillet over medium heat. Working in batches, dip each slice of brioche bread in the egg mixture and cook in the hot butter until golden, 2 to 3 minutes per side, adding more butter as needed. Transfer French toast to a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until puffed, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Cook and stir 1/4 cup butter in a skillet over medium-low heat until browned and toasty, 3 to 5 minutes. Transfer browned butter to a cold dish. Drizzle browned butter over baked French toast and top each slice with 1 tablespoon maple syrup.