Nigellas Orange French Toast Recipes

ORANGE FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Place butter in a 9"x13" baking dish.
• Combine the sugar, pecans, orange peel and cinnamon; sprinkle over the melted butter.
• Arrange bread in dish.
• Dot with cream cheese.
• In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, orange juice, honey, and butter.
• Pour over bread.
• Cover and refrigerate over night.
• Remove from refrigerator 30 minutes before baking.
• Bake uncovered at 325 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.
• To serve, invert slices onto plates.

OVERNIGHT ORANGE FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Whisk together zest, juice, sugar, vanilla, triple sec, eggs, half-and-half, and a pinch of salt.
• Arrange bread slices in one layer in a 13 X 9 inch glass baking dish.
• Pour mixture over bread, turning slices to coat, and chill, covered, overnight.
• Preheat oven to 400F and brush a large baking pan with butter.
• Using a slotted spatula arrange bread in one layer on baking pan, leaving atleast 2 inches between each slice and bake in middle of oven 5 minutes.
• Rotate pan and bake 5 minutes more.
• Rotate pan again and bake until bread is puffed and golden, about 5 minutes more.
• Make sauce while bread is baking: Cook butter, marmalade and triple sec over low heat, stirring, until butter is melted.
• Drizzle French toast with sauce and serve with syrup, if desired.

OVERNIGHT ORANGE FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Place bread in a 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking dish. Combine eggs, milk, orange juice, vanilla, and salt; beat well. Pour mixture over bread slices; turn slices over and coat evenly. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
• Melt i tablespoon butter in a large skillet; remove 4 slices of bread from the dish and saute in the butter 4 minutes each side or until browned. Repeat this with remaining butter and bread slice. Sprinkle with powdered sugar, serve immediately with Orange Sauce.
• Orange Sauce:.
• Combine all ingredients in a small saucepan, stirring well. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until thickened ( 5 minutes), stir frequently. 1 1/4 cups.

ORANGE FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Beat the eggs and then mix with the rest of the ingredients.
• Dip the bread in the French Toast batter and fry in melted butter until golden brown on both sides.

NIGELLA'S ORANGE FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Whisk eggs, milk, cinnamon, and orange zest in a wide shallow dish.
• Soak bread slices in this mixture for 2 minutes a side.
• While the bread is soaking, bring the juice, marmalade and sugar to a boil, then turn down to a fast simmer for 3-4 minutes. Let syrup stand while you cook the bread.
• Heat the butter in a skillet and cook the bread for 2 minutes a side until golden.
• Serve with the syrup.