Have some stale bread on head and feel like eating something sweet for breakfast, brunch, snack, or as an easy desert? This recipe is just for you. It requires about five minutes of effort and is a great way to use up random things you have lying around at home. So don’t feel shy about incorporating some nuts, seeds or fruits into this recipe.

INGREDIENTS:

(Yields 4 servings / 0.59 EUR per serving / 2.39 EUR for all)

For the French toast

6 thick slices of stale white bread (0.40 EUR)

2 eggs (0.40 EUR)

Pinch of salt (0.01 EUR)

2 tbsp vanilla sugar (0.13 EUR)

2 tbsp crème fraiche (0.27 EUR)

2 cups milk (0.80 EUR)

2 tbsp butter, melted (0.27 EUR)

1 tbsp plain white sugar (0.01 EUR)

Additional:

Butter for greasing the pan (0.07 EUR)

Caster sugar for serving (0.03 EUR)

METHOD:

Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease a baking dish or a loaf pan with butter and set aside. Cut the bread into small pieces and scatter in a prepared pan. In a bowl, whisk together eggs, salt, vanilla sugar, crème fraiche and milk. Stir in melted butter. Pour this mixture over the bread, making sure to coat the majority of pieces. Now stir the bread well, so that all chunks get soaked. I find that the easiest way is just to get in there with my hands. That way I can also squish the bread around a bit.

Sprinkle the top of bread with a tablespoon of plain white sugar and bake for about 40 minutes, until slightly puffed and crispy on top. Serve with a generous dusting of caster sugar. This will also be great with some fresh berries, jam, chocolate spread, honey and any other sweet paraphernalia you might enjoy.

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Imate doma starog kruha, a jede vam se nešto slatko za doručak, brunch, snack ili kao brzi desert? Ovaj recept je onda baš za vas! Trebate potrošiti oko 5 minuta, te je to ujedno i odličan način za iskoristiti razne ostatke koji vam se možda povlače po doma. Tako da se nemojte ustručavati ovdje dodati i neke orašaste plodove, sjemenke ili voće.

SASTOJCI:

(Za 4 porcije / 4,44 kn po porciji / 17,76 kn za sve)

Za pohani kruh:

6 debelih kriški starog bijelog kruha (3,00 kn)

2 jaja (3,00 kn)

Prstohvat soli (0,01 kn)

2 žlice vanili šećera (1,00 kn)

2 žlice milerama (2,00 kn)

2 šalice mlijeka (6,00 kn)

2 žlice maslaca, rastopljene (2,00 kn)

1 žlica običnog bijelog šećera (0,05 kn)

Dodatno:

Maslac za namastiti protvan (0,50 kn)

Šećer u prahu za posluživanje (0,20 kn)

PRIPREMA:

Zagrijte pećnicu na 180°C. Namastite običan protvan ili onaj za kruh i stavite na stranu. Kruh narežite na komadiće veličine zalogaja i raštrkajte po pripremljenom protvanu. U zdjelici razmutite jaja, sol, vanili šećer, mileram i mlijeko. Umiješajte u to rastopljeni maslac. Prelijte tu smjesu preko kruha tako da većina komadića bude pokrivena. Dobro promiješajte kruh da se sve fino natopi, a meni je najjednostavnije to napraviti rukama, pa onda još sve i malo izgnječiti.

Po kruhu posipajte još žlicu običnog šećera, pa pecite oko 40 minuta, dok sve ne nabubri i ne zahrska se. Poslužite posipano sa šećerom u prahu. Ovo bi također bilo super sa nekim svježim bobicama, pekmezom, Nutellom, medom ili nekim drugim slatkim dodatkom po vašem ukusu.