Sweet toasts - general cooking principles
Nothing is easier than making sweet croutons. But in vain do you think that this dish is simple and devoid of culinary delights. Of course, if you just dry the sweet baking, then you get a snack for tea.
But sweet croutons can be cooked differently, with an egg, cream or Muscropone cheese. Such an appetizer can already be called the word "dish" and it can be served both to uninvited guests, astonishing them, and taking with them as a light lunch for work or class.
Sweet toasts - preparation of food and dishes
As for the preparation of any toast, you can use any food, even not very fresh. If you want to cook sweet croutons in French, then before you make the dish, make the base by mixing milk and cream with sugar.
Sweet toast recipes:
Recipe 1: Sweet simple toasts
Cooking simple sweet toasts will not require any special culinary delights or skills from you. Take a sweet muffin, white loaf or baguette - and for the cause! This dish will serve as an addition to tea or coffee.
Ingredients Required:
- White loaf or muffin
- Powdered sugar
Cooking method:
- Cooking sweet croutons will allow you to "save" a stale bun or a stale loaf. This appetizer does not contain extra calories, because we will prepare the dish without oil.
- Slice the bun as you like — large slices or small pieces.
- Preheat pan or oven. If you cook the croutons in a pan without oil, then it will be best of all to use them with jam or chalk immediately after cooking. Cooking in the oven will extend the "life" to the toast up to a week.
- Put the slices of bun or loaf on the deck and send to the oven for seven minutes at a low temperature - 100-120 degrees. If you decide to cook the dish in a frying pan, then fry the bun on the hot surface for 2-3 minutes, making sure that the croutons are not burnt. If you are making croutons from a savory loaf, then sprinkle the prepared dish with powdered sugar.
Recipe 2: Sweet French toast
French sweet croutons are served in the love country cafe along with croissants for breakfast. Of course, the price of this dish is at least 4-6 euros for a couple of toast. You can cook the same toast yourself, moreover, that the preparation you need no more than ten minutes.
Ingredients Required:
- White long loaf or sweet bun
- 2 chicken eggs
- 3 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 60 ml of cream
- Cinnamon or vanilla
- A piece of butter 60 grams
Cooking method:
- Cut the loaf not with sweet slices.
- Beat with a mixer in a lot of cream, eggs, powdered sugar, cinnamon and half the butter.
- Heat the pan and grease it with oil.
- Moisty chunks thoroughly moisten in a creamy mixture, and then lay them to fry. Let the loaf fry on one side, then turn it over and fry on the other to a brownish tint.
- Sprinkle ready-made croutons with a pinch of caster sugar and cinnamon. Such croutons can be eaten immediately after cooking, after a few hours, and you can also freeze and serve for breakfast, heating in a microwave.
Recipe 3: Sweet toast with Muscopone
This dish will not turn the tongue called a simple snack - it looks great and very tasty. True, the dish is very high in calories, so it is best to eat sweet croutons with cheese during the daytime.
Ingredients Required:
- White bread
- Maskropone cheese 300 grams
- 2 chicken eggs
- 80 ml cream
- Brown sugar 3 tablespoons
- Vanilla
- Butter 30 grams for frying
Cooking method:
- Cut the bread into large slices like sandwiches.
- Mixer combine cream, two eggs and one spoonful of sugar.
- In another container, bring sugar and vanilla into cheese.
- Heat pan and grease it with oil.
- Grease each piece of bread with cheese, cover the top with a second piece of bread, like a sandwich, dip it in the egg mixture and spread to roast. Such croutons need to be fried for no more than two minutes on each side.
You can “improve” the croutons by adding dried fruit or pieces of fresh fruit - apples, grapes, strawberries to the cheese mix with sugar.
Sweet toasts - secrets and useful tips from the best chefs
It is better to replace usual sugar with more useful brown. And if you want to facilitate the process of cooking, then take icing sugar - beating an egg with icing sugar is much easier than with white regular sugar.
You can make croutons in the form of sandwiches by spreading the bread with thick jam or jam. Dip "sandwiches" in the egg-cream mixture and fry quickly. Such a delicacy will serve as an excellent breakfast for children and adults.
