Spoil your Valentine this year with this delicious strawberry cheese French toast. Make it the night before and place it in the oven in the morning in time for a perfect Valentines brunch J
Strawberry Cheese French Toast
Serves 4
Ingredients:
Base
- 4 slices of brown bread, cut into 2½cm cubes
- 150g plain chunky/smooth cottage cheese, low fat or full fat (note: cottage cheese and cream cheese are very different with cream cheese having cream added and therefore being much higher in saturated fat; low fat cream cheese contains about 25g fat per 100g; full fat cottage cheese contains about 11g fat per 100g)
- 1 cup fresh strawberries, sliced (you can also add a mix of other berries)
- 80ml low fat plain yoghurt
- 125ml low fat or fat free milk
- 4 eggs
- 2 tbsp. maple syrup or honey (optional)
Sauce
- ¼ cup sugar (optional)
- ⅓ cup water
- 2 tsp. cornstarch
- ½ cup fresh strawberries, sliced
Method
- Grease a small (roughly 7x11cm) casserole dish
- Arrange half the bread cubes in the dish
- Evenly distribute the cottage cheese over the bread
- Scatter the sliced strawberries over the bread/cheese mix
- Layer the remaining bread cubes over the strawberry later
- Add the yoghurt and milk to a blender and blend until smooth
- Add in the eggs and blend
- Add in the maple syrup or honey and blend until smooth
- Pour this mixture over the bread mixture
- Cover with foil and refrigerate overnight
- Remove the casserole dish from the refrigerator 45 minutes before baking
- Preheat the oven to 180°C
- Bake the casserole covered for about 30 minutes
- Remove the foil and bake until the toast is puffed and golden brown, about 10-15 minutes
- Meanwhile, stir the sugar, water and cornstarch together in a small saucepan
- Cook over medium heat until mixture has thickened
- Mix in the sliced strawberries and cook until the strawberries have softened, about 10 minutes
- Pour the sauce hot over the French toast and serve immediately
Enjoy!
Recipe adapted from original recipe.
Kim Hofmann RD(SA)
Phone: 021 674 4666
Cell: 084 206 2715
E-mail: kimh.rd@mweb.co.za
Website: www.nourishdieticians.co.za
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