Hot cross bun French toast with fresh orange slices

Hot cross bun french toast

Name: Hot cross bun french toast
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: British, French
Ingredients: 2 eggs; 1 tbsp soft light brown sugar; 1 tsp vanilla extract; a pinch ground cinnamon or mixed spice; 50ml whole or semi-skimmed milk; 1 large orange zested; 2 stale hot cross buns split; 2 tsp icing sugar plus a dusting to serve; 2 tsp (optional) Cointreau or Grand Marnier; 1 tbsp butter for frying

Anna Glover

Published: April 7, 2021 at 3:50 PM

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Serves 2

Easy

Total time: 20 mins

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Got stale hot cross buns in the cupboard? Put them to delicious use with this spiced french toast recipe laced with Cointreau

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Ingredients

Nutrition

2 eggs
1 tbsp soft light brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
a pinch ground cinnamon or mixed spice
50ml whole or semi-skimmed milk
1 large orange

zested
2 stale hot cross buns

split
2 tsp icing sugar

plus a dusting to serve
2 tsp (optional) Cointreau or Grand Marnier
1 tbsp butter

for frying

Nutrition: per serving

kcal399
fat15.9g
saturates7.1g
carbs48.1g
sugars30.8g
fibre2.5g
protein13.5g
salt0.5g

Method

step 1

Beat the eggs, brown sugar, vanilla, spice, milk and orange zest together in a shallow bowl with a pinch of salt. Put the hot cross bun halves into the mixture, turning and pressing down until completely covered, and leave to soak for 5-10 minutes or until soft but not completely collapsing.
step 2

Meanwhile, remove the remaining peel and pith from the orange using a small serrated knife, then remove the segments leaving the skins behind. Put the segments into a bowl with any juices. Sprinkle over the sugar and Cointreau (if using) and leave to macerate.
step 3

Melt the butter in a frying pan over a medium heat until foaming. Remove the bun halves from the egg mixture, allow any excess egg to drip off for a second, then fry in the butter for 2-3 minutes on each side until golden and crisp. Serve on plates, topped with the orange pieces, and a little more icing sugar, if you like.

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