Banana, Strawberry and Cream Cheese Stuffed French Toast
Here's the ultimate weekend morning treat -- sweet, fruity stuffed French toast. The recipe makes enough for a hungry mob, so be sure to bring your appetite, or simply cut the amounts in half.
Servings: 9
Ingredients:
* 1 quart fresh strawberries
* 3 ripe bananas
* 2 tablespoons strawberry jam
* 1 large cake soft cream cheese
* 2 loaves wide French bread
* 1 dozen eggs
* 3 cups milk (at least 2 percent fat)
* 2 teaspoons vanilla
* 1 bag frozen strawberries
* 1/2 cup sugar
* Confectioners' sugar
* 1 pint blueberries
Directions:
Chop the strawberries and bananas and cream them together with the strawberry jam and cream cheese. Cut the bread into 1 1/2-inch-thick slices. Cut a pocket into the bread but do not cut through the crust on the bottom. Stuff with the filling.
Mix the eggs, milk and vanilla in a bowl that is not too deep, so that the bread does not get soggy. Then, using tongs, take the stuffed bread and put one side at a time into the egg mixture. Fry in butter until brown. Stack in a glass dish and keep warm in the oven until you're finished with the servings you need.
In a blender, liquefy 2 cups of frozen strawberries, 1/2 cup sugar and a little water to make a thick syrup. Put 1 piece of the French toast on a plate. Top with the strawberry sauce. Sprinkle on confectioners' sugar and scatter fresh blueberries around the plate. Serve at once.
