Try our vegan twist on this breakfast delight with a blueberry and orange cream topping
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:
- Mix all the ingredients for batter together with a whisk or in a blender.
- Dip both sides of bread in the batter.
- 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.)
- Heat up the frying pan (preferably an iron skillet) over a medium heat.
- Add vegan butter/coconut oil and fry the soaked bread until crispy and golden brown on the outside.
Blueberry-orange cream:
- Peel, then slice the bananas and freeze for at least 2 hours, preferably overnight. This helps in making the cream creamier.
- Juice 2 oranges in a cup.
- Process all the ingredients except the orange in a blender, until thick and creamy.
- Add orange juice and blend for about 5 -10 seconds more.
To Serve:
- Top the French toast with a nice spoonful of your cream.
- Finish with orange zest.
- Enjoy.