French toast with a healthy twist
Try our vegan twist on this breakfast delight with a blueberry and orange cream topping.
De Renaud Goigoux | 26 noiembrie 2022 | Timp de lectură: 4 min

French toast, Bombay toast, eggy bread – whatever you call it, we can all agree it’s delicious. This dish is traditionally made from a bread-like brioche, soaked in an egg and cream mixture, then fried in butter. It’s always a delight for the tastebuds but we’ve got a less calorific, vegan take on this recipe for you to try. Here’s proof that a healthy diet doesn’t need to exclude sweet treats.
This vegan recipe uses (frozen) bananas and plant-based milk or cream to deliver an indulgent texture. By using lots of fruit, the cream is packed with nutrients like antioxidants, minerals and vitamins too.
NUMBER OF SERVES:
4
PREPARATION TIME:
2 hours (or, ideally, overnight) for the frozen bananas
5 minutes for the batter
5 minutes for the cream
COOKING TIME
5 minutes
INGREDIENTS:
Batter:
100ml plant-based milk
1 - 2 tsp Fairtrade cane sugar
2 tbsp chickpea flour
1 ripe banana
1 vanilla bean (seeded)
Cinnamon powder, to taste
4 slices of sourdough bread sliced 2-3 cm thick
Blueberry-orange cream:
50ml coconut cream
250g frozen banana (roughly 2 bananas, sliced)
250g frozen blueberries
2 oranges juiced and zested*
*Can be replaced by approximately 150ml fresh orange juice.
PREPARATIONS:
French toast:
- 1.
Mix all the ingredients for batter together with a whisk or in a blender.
- 2.
Dip both sides of bread in the batter.
- 3.
Let it soak in for minimum 1-2 minutes, max 30 minutes. (Longer time allows the bread to soak up more of the batter, but requires more time frying.)
- 4.
Heat up the frying pan (preferably an iron skillet) over a medium heat.
- 5.
Add vegan butter/coconut oil and fry the soaked bread until crispy and golden brown on the outside.
Blueberry-orange cream:
- 1.
Peel, then slice the bananas and freeze for at least 2 hours, preferably overnight. This helps in making the cream creamier.
- 2.
Juice 2 oranges in a cup.
- 3.
Process all the ingredients except the orange in a blender, until thick and creamy.
- 4.
Add orange juice and blend for about 5 -10 seconds more.
To Serve:
- 1.
Top the French toast with a nice spoonful of your cream.
- 2.
Finish with orange zest.
- 3.
Enjoy.
Want to experience Rouhi for yourself? Experience a world where East meets West. A world where you can indulge body and mind, with food for the soul. At Rouhi, chef Renaud Goigoux presents a considered menu that uses only the most carefully sourced wholesome ingredients.
You will find Rouhi on the ground floor of House of Rituals, Spui Square, Amsterdam.
