Pain Perdu

Name: Pain Perdu
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 4 thick slices of stale brioche or bread; 2 eggs; 200ml whole milk; 2 tbsp sugar, plus extra to caramelise; 1/2 tsp vanilla; 40g butter

Pain perdu/pan pair-DOO/

Also known as: Lost Bread, Brioche Perdue, French Pain Perdu

About this dish

Thick slices of day-old brioche soaked in egg, milk and vanilla, fried in butter until golden and caramelised.

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Ingredients

🍞4 thick slices of stale brioche or bread

🥚2 eggs

🥛200ml whole milk

🍬2 tbsp sugar, plus extra to caramelise

🌼1/2 tsp vanilla

🧈40g butter

Method

Serves 2

Whisk the eggs, milk, sugar and vanilla.

Soak the bread slices until soaked through but not falling apart.

Melt the butter in a pan over medium heat.

Fry the slices for 2–3 minutes per side, sprinkling with sugar to caramelise.

Serve warm with fruit, cream or ice cream.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Pain perdu ('lost bread') was a way to save stale bread; French bistros now serve it as a rich dessert.

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