How to Make Gordon Ramsay Pain perdu (French toast)

Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, pain perdu (french toast). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Video Recipe for French Toast made in France ! Fun, fast, delicious and all the details are included in the description. Another difference with French Toast is that Pain Perdu—like many things French—includes cream in the custard. Because really how many containers of bread crumbs do you really need?

Pain perdu (French toast) is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Pain perdu (French toast) is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook pain perdu (french toast) using 7 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Pain perdu (French toast):

1. Get 1 loaf French bread
2. Make ready 4-6 eggs depending on how much you make
3. Prepare 1-2 cups milk x
4. Take 1 heaping tablespoon flour
5. Make ready 1/3 cup sugar
6. Prepare 1 splash vanilla extract
7. Get Good pinch of salt

It was simple but we loved it because it was delicious and, of course, it was French! Bread dipped in egg and milk is known across the world by different names. In USA and Mexico it is called the French toast and in France it is called Pain perdu. So here is the French toast in the true French style.

Instructions to make Pain perdu (French toast):

1. Slice bread into 1 inch or so slices (I like mine thick)
2. Whisk well the remaining ingredients.
3. Soak the bread in the custard until completely saturated.
4. In a skillet on med-hi heat, melt 2 tablespoons butter and a 1 tablespoon oil. Cook each slice until golden brown on both sides, adjusting the heat if necessary so it doesn't burn.
5. The tablespoon of flour helps to produce a very nice crust. Serve with butter and powdered sugar or whatever you like on yours.

In USA and Mexico it is called the French toast and in France it is called Pain perdu. So here is the French toast in the true French style. French toast (pain perdu). (Chris Chen). The origin of this famous French dish actually goes back to Ancient Rome. It became popular in France in medieval times when cooks needed to use all produce on hand, such as stale bread - hence the name, 'pain perdu'.

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