Sweet Fried Bread
TorrejasMexico's answer to French toast is made with thick slices of bolillos (oval Mexican rolls), or slices of baguette. In my view torrejas is even better than French toast!
Ingrediënten
Makes 4 servings
- Brown Sugar Syrup
- 1¾ cups milk
- 1 cinnamon stick Mexican canela or Ceylon variety preferred
- ¼ cup sugar
- 12 3⁄4-inch-thick slices oval Mexican sandwich rolls (bolillo), from about 4 (6-inch) bolillos or French rolls
- 3 large eggs beaten
- Oil for frying
Instructies
- Prepare the sugar syrup.
- Reserve in the pan off heat.
- In a medium saucepan, boil 1½ cups of the milk, cinnamon stick, and sugar, stirring frequently, until the sugar dissolves, 3 to 4 minutes.
- Let cool.
- Put the bread in a single layer in a large ovenproof glass baking dish.
- Remove the cinnamon stick and pour the cooled milk over the bread, pushing the bread gently into the milk.
- Let stand 15 minutes.
- In a heavy skillet, heat oil to a depth of about 1⁄4-inch.
- In a pie plate, thoroughly mix the eggs with the remaining ¼ cup of milk.
- Carefully dip the soaked bread into the beaten eggs and fry in the hot oil until golden brown, about 2 minutes on each side.
- Add more oil to the pan, if needed.
- Put the torrejas on serving plates.
- Reheat the sugar syrup and spoon it generously over the torrejas.
Notes / Tips / Wine Advice:
Serve at once.
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