The Whole Loaf French Toast With Bananas And Whipping Creme Recipes

Steps:

• For the whipped cream cheese: Put the cream cheese, vanilla and orange zest in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whip attachment and whip until light and fluffy. Add the cold heavy cream and whip until soft peaks form. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
• For the french toast: Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Whisk together the sugar and eggs until smooth. Whisk in the milk, cream, cinnamon and vanilla until combined.
• Make the French toast in 2 batches. Heat 2 tablespoons each of the butter and oil in a large saute pan over medium heat until the butter is melted and the oil begins to shimmer.
• Place 4 slices of the bread in the custard mixture and let sit on both sides until soaked through. Remove with a slotted spatula to allow the excess custard to run off. Cook until the toast is golden brown on both sides and cooked through, about 2 minutes per side.
• Transfer the French toast to a baking rack set over a baking sheet and keep warm in the oven while you cook the second batch with the remaining butter, oil and bread. Keep French toast warm until ready to serve.
• For the banana foster topping: Heat the butter in a large saute pan over high heat until it begins to sizzle. Whisk in the brown sugar and cinnamon and cook until the sugar has melted and the mixture has thickened slightly.
• Add the bananas and cook until slightly softened. Remove from the heat and add the rum and banana liqueur. Return to the heat and cook until the alcohol has burned off.
• Serve 2 slices of toast per person, topped with some of the bananas and their syrup, a dollop of the whipped cream cheese, some fresh berries, and sprinkling of confectioners' sugar, if using. Garnish with mint.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• For the custard: Break the eggs into a bowl and whisk together. Add the sugar, cream, milk, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Whisk until the sugar is dissolved.
• Trim the crust from the brioche, then cut it into a 4-by-6-inch cylinder. Place the brioche in a baking dish and cover with the custard. Let stand until the custard has soaked through all of the bread, at least 15 minutes; turn the bread occasionally with tongs to make sure it soaks evenly.
• For the bananas: While the bread is soaking, peel and slice the bananas 1/2-inch thick. In a bowl, toss the bananas with the melted butter, pecans, brown sugar, lemon juice, cinnamon and 1/2 cup water and pour into a roasting pan.
• For the French toast roast: When the bread has finished soaking, melt the 2 tablespoons butter in a 10-inch nonstick pan over medium-high heat. Sprinkle the soaked brioche with sugar and carefully place it, sugar side down, in the melted butter. Sprinkle the top with more sugar and sear the bread on all sides until golden brown, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Carefully place the bread over the bananas and transfer to the oven for 15 minutes, or until the bread is caramelized. Remove from the oven, dust with powdered sugar, cut into 1-inch slices and serve with the banana mixture.

Steps:

• Toss Bananas with lemon juice and rind set aside.
• Cut into the side of the French Bread to create a deep pocket. Stuff the pocket with the Banana slices.
• In a shallow pan whisk together eggs, creme, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar and vanilla.
• Soak the stuffed bread loaf in the egg mixture turning bread loaf until saturated with egg mixture.
• Saute` in a pan with butter to taste that you had set aside until a light golden brown on both sides remove to baking pan for 3 - 5 minutes at 375 Degree's.
• Dust with powered sugar and serve with fruit, nuts and sour creme.

Steps:

• For topping: combine bananas, orange juice, sugar and lemon juice and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes or until the bananas become very soft.
• With a slotted spoon, transfer bananas to blender.
• Add 1/4 cup of the liquid from the pan and puree until smooth.
• Place in a bowl, cover with plastic wrap and chill until cold (at least 2 hours).
• Just before serving, beat whipping cream in a medium bowl until stiff peaks form.
• Fold banana puree into whipping cream.
• For French toast, whisk together the eggs, milk, cinnamon and vanilla.
• Dip bread slices into egg mixture, coating both sides well.
• Melt butter in skillet or griddle and cook slices over medium heat until golden brown.
• Keep slices in warm oven until all are completed.
• Serve with a generous dollop of banana cream topping and garnish with a few slices of freshly sliced bananas.