Recipe of the day: 3 budget-friendly savoury French toast recipes for dinner
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As the end of the month draws closer, and the bank accounts and cupboards get emptier, we find ourselves looking for clever ideas to make cheap, but delicious meals.
Who would have thought that French toast recipes are not only delicious at breakfast when served with maple syrup and crispy bacon, but that it can be equally as appetising when served for dinner with baked beans and chakalaka, garlic and parmesan cheese or cherry tomatoes and Dijon mustard.
As long as you have bread and eggs in the house, you can basically add any combination of savoury ingredients to your French toast to give it that extra special flavour kick.
Savoury French toast with mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, and mustard
If you’ve reached the salticrax portion of your month, don’t stress. We’ve got you covered with cheap meal ideas, bursting with flavour.
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Author:greedygourmet
Prep Time:5 minutes
Cook Time:10 minutes
Total Time:15 minutes
Category:Lunch, breakfast
Method:Frying
Cuisine:French
Ingredients
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90ml (3 tbsp) vegetable oil
90ml (3 tbsp) butter
8 onions, peeled and sliced
600g (20 oz) mushrooms, cleaned and quartered
300ml (5fl oz) white wine
300ml (5fl oz) crème fraîche
Salt and pepper, to taste
8 eggs
250ml (½ cup) milk
30ml (1 tbsp) Dijon mustard
8 slices of thick white bread
10ml (1 tsp) icing sugar
8 spring onions, washed and chopped
24 cherry tomatoes, washed
Instructions
Heat 15ml (1 tbsp) oil and 15ml (1 tbsp) butter in a frying pan.
Fry the onions gently for 5 minutes or until softened.
Add mushrooms and cook for 3 minutes until the mushrooms are cooked.
Add the wine, turn up the heat and let the liquid sizzle down to half its quantity.
Stir in the crème fraîche and season to taste.
Lower the heat to minimum in order to keep it warm while you fry the bread.
Whisk the eggs with the milk and mustard in a large bowl. Season generously with salt and pepper.
Soaking the bread slices in the milk mixture.
Heat the remaining butter and oil [30ml (2 tbsp), respectively] in a large frying pan.
When the butter-oil mixture starts to sizzle, arrange the soaked bread slices in the pan and fry them on both sides for about 3 minutes each, or until golden brown.
Remove the French toast from the heat and sprinkle with a light dusting of icing sugar on both sides.
Place each piece of French toast on a plate and divide the mushroom sauce evenly.
Sprinkle spring onions on top and serve with cherry tomatoes. Enjoy!
Savoury cheese-crusted French toast with garlic and parmesan
Author:seriouseats
Prep Time:5 minutes
Cook Time:25 minutes
Total Time:30 minutes
Category:Breakfast,Brunch
Method:Frying
Cuisine:French
Ingredients
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4 large eggs
3/4 cup whole milk or half-and-half
3 medium cloves garlic, minced (about 1 tablespoon)
Pinch red pepper flakes
¼ cup finely minced fresh parsley leaves, plus more to garnish
110g finely grated Parmesan cheese, divided
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
8 slices bread
¼ cup cup finely sliced scallions
Instructions
Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 100°C. In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, garlic, red pepper flakes, parsley, 30g cheese, and salt and pepper to taste. Place remaining Parmesan on a large plate.
Heat 2 tablespoons butter in a large non-stick or cast-iron skillet or griddle over medium heat until melted. Working one slice at a time, dip bread in egg mixture, then dredge in grated Parmesan to coat well on both sides. Lay in skillet. Repeat until four slices of bread are in skillet. Cook, swirling pan and flipping occasionally, until deep golden brown on both sides, about 8 minutes total. Transfer to a large plate and keep warm in the oven. Repeat with remaining butter and second batch of bread.
Sprinkle French toast with scallions and more chopped parsley and serve immediately.