Light baked French toast with fruit salad and vanilla custard

During Easter, and even more at home, you can not miss some good homemade torrijas! I propose these light baked torrijas with fruit salad and vanilla cream, so that we do not have the excuse of not eating them for not putting the kitchen lost with so much fried food or because they have many calories!

You will see how these are much lighter and are really delicious. And, if we also accompany them with a vanilla custard cream mousse and some fruit, the result and the combination is spectacular!

I am going to give you several versions, more or less light, it's up to you! So let's get down to work:

INGREDIENTS: (10-12 units)

• Bread of torrijas
• 400 gr of condensed milk or 200 gr of ideal milk + 200 ml of light cream + 1 tablespoon of erythritol or coconut sugar or saccharin or stevia or your favorite sweetener.
• 1 egg and one yolk
• 1 dash of brandy or aged rum
• Brown or panela sugar
• Cinnamon powder
• Fruit to taste: I have prepared macedonia of strawberries, banana, orange and kiwi fruit
• Cream of vanilla light.

For the light vanilla cream:

• 450 ml of semi-skimmed milk
• 50 ml light cream
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons of erythritol, panela, coconut sugar, whatever you like.
• 50 gr cornstarch
• 1 natural vanilla bean or 3 drops of vanilla aroma
• Peel of 1/2 lemon

STEP BY STEP RECIPE:

1. Cut about 10 or 12 slices of torrija bread. Place them on a large baking tray. Place them next to each other and fill the whole tray.
2. In a saucepan put the condensed milk, or as a second option, the ideal milk with the cream, together with the eggs, 1 tablespoon of sugar, the brandy and half a teaspoon of cinnamon and whisk.
3. Preheat the oven to 160ºc.
4. Pour this mixture over all the torrijas, then turn them over so that they are soaked on both sides. Bake in the oven for 4 minutes.
5. Then remove the tray. Turn on the grill. Mix a little panela or brown sugar with cinnamon powder and sprinkle all over the surface of the torrijas. Put them back in the oven and broil until golden brown, being careful not to burn them. Remove from the oven, turn them over and sprinkle again with cinnamon sugar and gratin for another 4 minutes. As I always tell you, every oven is different, so watch the times so they don't burn. They should be dry, golden brown or toasted and soft to the touch.
6. While they are tempering, we are going to make the cream. With the tip of a knife cut the vanilla pod lengthwise and remove all the flesh inside and set aside. The pod is used in the next step.
7. In a saucepan pour 400 ml of milk, (the rest of the milk and the cream we reserve) together with the lemon peel and the vanilla pod. Heat over low heat but do not let it boil. This is so that the milk infuses and has aromas of lemon and vanilla. Strain and reserve.
8. In a glass put the cornstarch and with the 5o ml of reserved milk, stir well so that the cornstarch is diluted.
9. In another saucepan we are going to add only the egg yolks (we reserve the egg whites) and 1 tablespoon of the chosen sugar and stir vigorously until the mixture whitens. Add the cornstarch mixture with the milk and the cream, and stir again. We take the saucepan to the low fire and we are going to go throwing the milk that we had infused, little by little, without stopping stirring with a rods smoothly, without haste, until the cream thickens. Add the flesh of the reserved vanilla pod, stir and it is ready, let it warm up.
10. Whip the egg whites until stiff with the other tablespoon of sugar.
11. When the cream has warmed, mix it with the whipped egg whites with the help of a spatula and with gentle wrapping movements, from top to bottom, so that the whites do not drop and the cream is like a mousse. Let it cool in the refrigerator for at least one hour.
12. To finish, put the cold cream in a pastry bag and cut the peak with scissors. Put a little cream on top of the torrijas, add fruit to taste and our light baked torrijas with fruit salad and vanilla cream are ready.

Did you like these light baked torrijas with fruit salad and vanilla cream? I hope so, besides, you can see the video recipe if you click here.

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With all my love,

Mireia Alum