Pain Perdu

There are fifteenth century english recipes for pain perdu.

Pain perdu. It s the original french toast and with a crisp buttery exterior and a soft custardy interior pain perdu makes for a sinful sunday morning brunch. Originally meant to be served as a dessert french toast has become a staple breakfast item around the world. Unlike normal french toast this batter cooks into a custardy crispy coating that leaves the bread creamy and oh so good.

Originally from new orleans pain perdu is made using thick slices of french bread soaked in a sweet custard batter. The use of good egg bread is a must here. You ll need eggs milk sugar salt vanilla extract and i like to add a little orange zest although it won t make it or break just a good add on if you have it.

When you re making pain perdu you want to use day old slightly stale bread. Yes this is french toast but a superior one. Pain grill é griller toast.

Pain perdu means lost bread in french and is the culinary term used for what is more familiarly known as french toast. The ingredients are simple and chances are you have all of them already on hand. But if you dive a little deeper into the meaning behind it pain perdu is a completely fitting name.

Pain perdu french toast pain perdu pronounced pan pare due literally means lost bread referring to this dishes magical ability to rescue stale bread that would otherwise be lost. The usual french name is pain perdu french. En toscane la famille de léo ferré entretient la flamme a la recherche du pain perdu le monde 2000 le pain perdu à la vanille est à lui seul un manifeste.

It s lightly cooked in a pan first then baked til golden brown. It may also be called pain doré golden bread in canada. Then all you have to do is whisk it up in a shallow bowl.