Savoury French Toast

Make this amazing savoury french toast for brunch, breakfast, lunch, dinner, whatever! It is so easy and simple, you'll want to make it every day. Enjoy!

📝 Ingredients

• 45 ml (3 tbsp) vegetable oil
• 45 ml (3 tbsp) butter
• 4 onions, peeled and sliced
• 300 g (10oz) mushrooms, cleaned and quartered
• 150 ml (5fl oz) white wine
• 150 ml (5fl oz) crème fraîche
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• 4 eggs
• 125 ml (1/2 cup) milk
• 15 ml (1 tbsp) Dijon mustard
• 4 slices of thick white bread
• 5 ml (1 tsp) icing sugar
• 4 spring onions, washed and chopped
• 12 cherry tomatoes, washed

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Heat 15ml (1 tbsp) oil and 15ml (1 tbsp) butter in a frying pan.
2. 2Fry the onions gently for 5 minutes or until softened.
3. 3Add mushrooms and cook for 3 minutes until the mushrooms are cooked.
4. 4Add the wine, turn up the heat and let the liquid sizzle down to half its quantity.
5. 5Stir in the crème fraîche and season to taste.
6. 6Lower the heat to minimum in order to keep it warm while you fry the bread.
7. 7Whisk the eggs with the milk and mustard in a large bowl. Season generously with salt and pepper.
8. 8Soaking the bread slices in the milk mixture.
9. 9Heat the remaining butter and oil [30ml (2 tbsp), respectively] in a large frying pan.
10. 10When the butter-oil mixture starts to sizzle, arrange the soaked bread slices in the pan and fry them on both sides for about 3 minutes each, or until golden brown.
11. 11Remove the French toast from the heat and sprinkle with a light dusting of icing sugar on both sides.
12. 12Place each piece of French toast on a plate and divide the mushroom sauce evenly.
13. 13Sprinkle spring onions on top and serve with cherry tomatoes. Enjoy!