Gil's Brioche French Toast

12 Reviews

Prep: 15 min
Cook: 15 min
Ready In: 35 min

“Brioche French toast with homemade strawberry sauce and homemade whip cream, topped with fresh strawberries.” - by Charles Gilbert, STL, MO

Ingredients

1 (1 pound) loaf rectangular brioche bread
3 cups fresh strawberries, hulled, divided
2 tablespoons water
2 cups heavy cream, divided
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar (optional)
6 eggs
2 tablespoons unsalted butter

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Original recipe yields 4 servings

Directions

Place a metal mixing bowl and beaters from an electric mixer into the freezer to chill. Trim the end crusts from the brioche bread, and slice the loaf in half; cut each half in half again (4 pieces), and cut each quarter in half to total 8 pieces of brioche.
Place 2 cups of strawberries and the water into a saucepan over medium-high heat; cover the pan, and bring to a simmer. Gently steam the berries until they release their juice, about 5 minutes.
Beat 1 cup of heavy cream, vanilla extract, and confectioners' sugar together with electric mixer in chilled metal bowl with the chilled beaters until the cream forms soft peaks; set aside.
Whisk the eggs and remaining 1 cup cream together in a large bowl, and place the bread pieces into the mixture, spooning the cream over the bread to coat. Allow to stand for 5 minutes.
Heat the butter in a skillet over medium heat until fragrant, and lay the coated brioche pieces into the skillet. Cook until the French toast is golden brown, about 3 minutes per side.
To serve, place 2 pieces of French toast onto a plate, overlapping slightly. Ladle cooked strawberries and their juice over the French toast, and top with a generous dollop of whipped cream. Top the cream with several fresh strawberries.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (4 total)

Calories
1008 cal
50%

Fat
72.8 g
112%

Carbs
67.2 g
22%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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Rae

Jul. 18, 2011

"I really liked this recipe. Loved using Brioche to make french toast. I used the Brioche recipe on this site for the brioche. My only complaint about this recipe is that the strawberries need some sug..." See morear. I suppose it depends on how sweet your berries are, mine were sweet but not enough. And I ended up thickening the berries with about 2 teaspoons of cornstarch. Thanks for the recipe I will be making this again."

kimg

Jul. 24, 2011

"Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum! This was easy and delicious. I used the brioche recipe on this site to go with this and it was the best french toast ever!..." See more"