Name: Chocolate Banana French Toast
Cook time: 20 min
Ingredients: 2 Bananas; 2 Free Range Eggs (large); 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract; Ground Cinnamon (pinch); 2 slices White Bread; 25 grams Blanched Hazelnuts; Unsalted Butter or Olive Oil; 40 grams Dark Chocolate (70% best); 2 tsp Icing Sugar; 2 tbsp Greek Yogurt (to serve)

Chocolate Banana French Toast

French Toast with a Twist

We all love crepes with chocolate and bananas so why no try that with French toast? Genius!

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Chocolate Banana French Toast

Cook Time20

Servings: 2

Calories: 518kcal

Ingredients

2 Bananas
2 Free Range Eggs large
1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
Ground Cinnamon pinch
2 slices White Bread
25 grams Blanched Hazelnuts
Unsalted Butter or Olive Oil
40 grams Dark Chocolate 70% best
2 tsp Icing Sugar
2 tbsp Greek Yogurt to serve

Instructions

Peel and slice the banana in half lengthways and set aside. Crack the eggs into a shallow bowl, add the vanilla and cinnamon then whisk together with a fork.
Soak the bread slices in the egg mixture for a couple of minutes, turning halfway.
Place a large dry frying pan on a medium heat and toast the hazelnuts until golden, then tip into a pestle and mortar and bash until fine.
Return the pan to the heat with the butter (or 1 teaspoon of oil). Once hot, carefully place one egg-soaked slice into the pan and break over the chocolate. Place the remaining slice on top and sandwich together.
Add the banana slices to the pan and cook, without moving, for 2 minutes, until lightly golden.
Use a spatula to carefully flip the bread and banana slices and cook for a further 2 minutes, until light golden on both sides.
Lightly dust the top of the sandwich with the icing sugar and flip back over for a few seconds to caramelise.
Carefully slide the sandwich onto a board (the caramel will be very hot!), cut in half diagonally, then transfer to a plate.
To serve, place half a sandwich on each plate, top with 2 pieces of caramelised banana and a dollop of yoghurt, and finish with a good dusting of crushed hazelnuts.

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Written by Billie Turei

An environmental goddess who loves to spend her weekends drinking wine and perfecting her Master Chef skills, this little foodie can callback any 90’s hip-hop jam and obscure pop-culture references. You’ll usually find Billie eating Thai food and heading off for impromptu road-trips with her squad.

Favourite food to cure a hangover: Hash browns. All of them.

2021-07-27T12:30:03+12:00