French Toast With Orange Sauce

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 loaf sourdough bread or 1 loaf baguette, sliced 1 inch thick (day old bread)
• 6 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon orange rind, fresh,grated
• 3/4 cup orange juice
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons orange zest, freshly grated

Recipe

• 1 mix all french toast ingredients together until smooth.
• 2 pour over sliced bread.
• 3 refrigerate until bread absorbs the egg mixture, turning once.
• 4 this may take up to an hour.
• 5 preheat pan on medium heat.
• 6 test the pan to see whether it is properly heated by sprinkling a bit of water on top.
• 7 when the water bubbles and dances on the surface, the pan is ready to cook.
• 8 arrange bread slices on the surface of the pan.
• 9 cook 2 to 4 minutes, until the center of each slice begins to set and slices begin to brown.
• 10 flip and continue cooking an additional 2 to 4 minutes.
• 11 serve french toast with orange sauce.
• 12 orange sauce:.
• 13 in a medium sauce pan, whisk together the orange juice and corn starch until smooth.
• 14 add the sugar and heat on medium, stirring occasionally until the sauce thickens.
• 15 add the butter, lemon juice and orange zest.
• 16 stir until butter is incorporated.
• 17 serve over french toast.