Baked Brioche French Toast Casserole Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 brioche bread loaf (500g) (thickly sliced)
• 4 large eggs
• 50 g light brown sugar
• 1 zest of a large orange
• 80 ml orange juice
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp fine salt
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 30 g butter
• 12 g coarse sugar (demerara sugar)

Instructions

1. 1

   Slice the brioche bread into 1.5 cm (0.6 inch) slices. You'll need about 12 to 14 slices. Then cut each slice into half diagonally so that you end up with triangles

2. 2

   Make the custard. Add the eggs into a medium-sized bowl and whisk well. Add in the sugar, orange zest and juice, vanilla extract, salt, and milk and whisk until well combined.

3. 3

   Prepare a (22 x 13cm) 9x13 inch casserole dish by greasing butter all over the base and sides. You'll have too much - just dollop the remainder around the base of the dish.

4. 4

   Dip bread and place in casserole dish. Fully submerge each piece of bread into the egg custard mixture and place into the casserole dish. Line them up with the triangle point facing up. Pour any remaining custard mixture over the brioche.Let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes, then sprinkle the coarse sugar over the top.

5. 5

   Bake the Brioche Casserole for 25-30 minutes at 165C (340F) until lightly golden. Remove from the oven, let stand for 10 minutes before serving warm. Make sure to drizzle in maple syrup!