French toast
Crispy French toast with cheese is perfect for mornings when you have time to treat yourself to a breakfast that is a little out of the ordinary. Our recipe for French toast with fresh blueberries and creamy cheese is as quick and easy to prepare as it is delicious. Give the crispy breakfast treat a try next time you are in the mood for something special that is both sweet and savoury – and, of course, irresistibly full of melted cheese!
Ingredients
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Eggs
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2 |
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Ground cardamom seeds
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1 tsp |
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Coarse salt
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½ tsp |
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Butter
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25 g |
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White bread
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4 slices |
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Sugar
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4 tsp |
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Havarti cheese slices
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4 |
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Blueberries (approx. 1 dl)
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75 g |
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Coarsely chopped hazelnuts (approx. 1 dl)
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50 g |
Instructions
Tips
The best tip for making crispy French toast with cheese that is golden brown, slightly crunchy on the outside, and soft and chewy on the inside is to soak and fry the bread correctly. Allow for the bread slices to soak in the flavoured egg mixture for one minute on each side to let it soak up all the cardamom goodness. Before transferring the slices to the warm pan with melted butter, briefly let any excess egg mixture drip off so it is not too soggy.
Tips
You may also have been wondering how long to cook French toast on each side to turn the soaked eggy bread crispy and golden brown without burning it or drying it out. While the exact time depends on how hot your pan is, it will probably take 5-8 minutes to fry the bread on medium-to-medium-high heat. Try frying the bread for 3-4 minutes on each side at medium heat to avoid burning it.
Tips
If you are doubling or tripling the recipe to prepare breakfast for friends and family, make sure not to fry too many slices of soaked bread at a time. You can keep any finished toast warm in the oven while you make more.
Questions about French toast
Making French toast with cheese is incredibly simple with our quick and easy recipe. To learn more about the sweet breakfast dish, read our answers to the most frequently asked questions below.
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Other recipes
French toast with blueberries and cheese
A French toast breakfast is a decadent way to start the day and our rendition of the classic breakfast dish is no different. Sweet and savoury, our pan-fried French toast with cheese is beautifully golden and crispy on the outside and soft and chewy on the inside, hiding multiple delicious surprises.
The combination of melted grilled cheese and warm blueberries makes for a delightful French toast filling. The sweetness and freshness of the lightly sautéed blueberries work beautifully with the creamy buttery notes of the smooth and salty cheese. Its understated acidic notes provide the dish with a wonderful savouriness that suits the citrussy notes of the cardamom-infused white bread well.
If you would like to learn about other breakfast dishes that may be prepared in advance, we suggest checking out our recipe for overnight oats, which may also be made with delicious, fresh blueberries or our baked oats with blueberries and bananas.
Crispy and sweet toppings for French toast
Crunchy French toast is a true family favourite that is popular with kids and adults alike. To mirror the crispiness of the pan-fried bread we have chosen to sprinkle it with chopped hazelnuts and fill it with fresh, sautéed blueberries.
The crunchy hazelnuts have a sweet, nutty, and slightly earthy taste that works well with the sweet and savoury flavours of this breakfast dish. When paired with the sweet, caramelised bread, their nutty flavour becomes even more pronounced and delicious.
Flavoured with cardamom and sugar
Cardamom has a wonderfully complex flavour that is both sweet and spicy at the same time. This makes the zesty spice well-suited for sweet French toast as it provides it with a great herbal aroma and prevents it from becoming sugary sweet.
The best French toast recipe will instruct you to sprinkle the eggy bread with sugar before frying or broiling it. The sugar gives the toast a beautifully caramelised surface. It helps crisp up the bread and gives the dish its signature golden brown colouring, and combined with cardamom, it adds a delicious sweetness.
Experiment with the ingredients
Easy French toast variations include using different types of berries and fruits like summer-sweet strawberries or sweet-tart berries like raspberries. You can also mix it up with different crunchy nuts like almonds, walnuts, or pecans.
Our recipe for stuffed French toast with cheese may be varied in a multitude of ways, depending on what you have in your fridge and pantry. Even salty and savoury bacon works well as a crispy topping if you would like to experiment further with the savoury notes of the dish, and the smoky bacon flavour plays well with the juicy blueberries, too.
You can also play around with one of the more integral ingredients for French toast, namely the bread. Though this breakfast delight tastes wonderful with regular white bread or even toast bread, you can also make French toast with brioche bread for additional buttery sweetness or use flavourful, crispy sourdough bread for more bite and a tangy flavour.
Check out our recipes for white bread, sourdough bread, and brioche buns, if you are interested in using homemade bread to make these breakfast delights.
