French Toast with Orange Caramel and Ricotta

Difficulty: Easy

Makes: 8

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Method

Preheat oven to 120°C Fan.

For the caramel, place the sugar in a heavybased saucepan over a medium-high heat, once the sugar starts to dissolve, stir with a spoon and continue to cook until all the sugar has dissolved and turns to a smooth brown caramel. Remove from heat and carefully add the zest, juice, vanilla and cream and whisk to combine then set aside.

In a large bowl, whisk together milk, eggs and 2 tablespoons of icing sugar until well combined. Dip the bread slices into egg mixture and set aside on a tray to soak for a couple minutes. Heat some butter on teppanyaki plate or large non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat, add two slices of bread and cook for 2 minutes a side until golden. Keep French toast warm in oven while you cook remaining slices.

Place the ricotta, cream, remaining icing sugar and vanilla in a food processor and blend until smooth. Serve slices of French toast drizzled with orange caramel, a generous scoop of ricotta, some orange zest and a final dusting of icing sugar.

Recipe Presented by Falcon