A 15th-century English recipe for "pain perdu" (French for "lost [or wasted] bread"), suggested that the dish is a use for bread which has gone stale).
Ingredients:
3 eggs
80 ml milk
80 ml heavy cream
Eight slices white bread/brioche
Sugar
Cinnamon
Butter, for frying pan
(Garnish)
1-2 Mangoes (diced)
Powdered sugar
Maple syrup
80 ml milk
80 ml heavy cream
Eight slices white bread/brioche
Sugar
Cinnamon
Butter, for frying pan
(Garnish)
1-2 Mangoes (diced)
Powdered sugar
Maple syrup
Method:
1.
Whisk
together eggs, milk and heavy cream in a wide bowl.
2.
Cut
each slice of bread into four triangles.
3.
Mix
sugar and cinnamon on a plate. Heat butter in a frying pan on low to medium
heat.
4.
Quickly
dip the pieces of bread in the egg mixture and fry until golden brown.
5.
Quickly
dip bread in the sugar mixture.
6.
Serve
with diced mangoes, powdered sugar and maple syrup.
(recipe adapted from here)
