Torrijas - Spanish French toast

Spain's version of French toast is comfortingly soft inside and gently crisp on the outside. So delicious!

📝 Ingredients

• 1 cup milk
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 strip orange zest
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 6 slices baguette (more if thin, less if using larger-sliced bread, ideally a day or two old)
• 1 egg
• 1 tbsp olive oil (or more, as needed)
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Warm the milk with the cinnamon, orange strip and sugar in a small pan over a medium-low heat. Stir now and then to dissolve the sugar and bring it to just about simmering, then turn off the heat. Let it sit a minute to infuse while you slice the bread.
2. 2Put the slices of bread in the bottom of a dish then pour over the warm milk. Leave it to absorb the milk, turning as needed.
3. 3Whisk the egg in a dish big enough to fit a piece of bread in.
4. 4Warm the oil in a medium-large skillet/frying pan over a medium-high heat. Gently press any excess milk out of the bread and then dip one slice at a time in the egg to coat then put into the pan. Fry up to 3 slices at a time, as fits, until golden brown on either side. Drain on kitchen paper once cooked to remove excess oil.
5. 5Stir together the sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle some over the cooked torrijas to serve.