Create the ultimate “wow” factor with this dish for breakfast or brunch. The French toast pancakes are a tempting combination of classic comfort food and refined flavors. Instead of regular bread, luxurious and buttery brioche bread is used for this dish. This soft and airy bread is soaked in a rich mass of eggs, almond milk, cinnamon and maple syrup, giving the French toast a deliciously sweet and spicy base. After baking, the French toast has a crispy outside and a soft, airy inside, which makes for the perfect French toast.
What makes these French toast pancakes really special are the toppings. The mascarpone cream, whipped with whipped cream, sugar and a hint of vanilla, adds a creamy softness that contrasts perfectly with the warm, caramelized bananas. These bananas are carefully sprinkled with cane sugar and caramelized with a gas burner, giving them an extra dimension of flavor. The strawberries are sliced thinly and placed between the stack of pancakes, their fresh sweetness and vibrant color make the whole visually appealing and wonderfully summery.
The finishing of this dish is a work of art in itself. A silky chocolate sauce, made from dark chocolate and almond milk, is generously draped over the pancakes, providing a deep chocolate flavor that enriches every bite. Finely chopped mint leaves and roasted almonds are added last, adding freshness and crunch to this dish. Try this fantastic dish yourself and surprise your friends and family with this gem!
French toast pancakes with chocolate, strawberry, and mascarpone
Equipment
- Frying panfor the French toast
- Mixing bowlfor the mascarpone cream
- Mixing bowlfor the egg-milk mass
- Saucepan or small panfor the chocolate sauce
- Gas burner and heat-resistant oven plateto caramelize the banana
- Cutting board
- Bread knife
- Chef's knife
- Guard
Ingredients
Mascarpone cream
- 125 gram mascarpone
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- small dash vanilla aroma
- 30 gram cream
Egg-milk mass and French toast
- 3 pieces Eggs
- 50 gram almond milk or regular milk
- 0,5 teaspoon cinnamon powder
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 3 thick slices brioche bread
- lump butter for baking
Chocolate sauce
- 100 gram dark chocolate finely chopped or grated
- 125 gram almond milk or regular milk
Other ingredients
- 4 great strawberries cut into thin round slices
- 1 banana peeled, halved in the long way and in the short way (so that you have 4 pieces.)
- 2 tablespoons cane sugar to caramelize the banana
- 1 tablespoon roasted almonds
- 3 leaves coin finely chopped
Instructions
- Cut the banana, strawberry and mint as described in the ingredients list.
- Place the banana on an oven tray and sprinkle the cane sugar over the flat side of the banana.
- Caramelize the banana with the gas burner until a golden brown color.
Mascarpone cream
- Mix all ingredients together with a whisk into a mass in a mixing bowl.
Chocolate sauce
- Heat the almond milk or milk and add the chocolate.
- Melt this together into a mass. Keep this warm until you are ready to finish the dish.
Insert and fry French toast
- Cut the brioche into thick slices.
- Open 3 eggs in a mixing bowl.
- Add the sugar, cinnamon powder and almond milk to the mixing bowl.
- Mix this together into an even mass with a whisk.
- Briefly place the brioche bread in the egg-milk mixture until slightly soggy.
- Place a frying pan over medium/high heat for the French toast.
- Melt the butter and then fry the French toast until golden brown on both sides in the pan.
Presentation of the dish
- Grab a nice plate to finish the French toast on.
- Spread the top of 2 French toast with the mascarpone cream.
- Place the strawberry slices on all three tops of the French toast.
- Now stack them on top of each other in the middle of the board. Make sure the French toast without mascarpone cream is on top.
- Place the caramelized banana on top of the dish. (if the bananas were large this may be too much, you can put something next to them or keep it separate)
- Pour the warm chocolate sauce over it.
- Now sprinkle the roasted almond and mint over it.
- TIP: Add extra chocolate curls on top, this makes the dish even more beautiful!
- Share this dish with 2 people by placing the plate in the middle of the table.
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