Irish French Toast

Serves: 1

Soda bread with its soft, spongy texture makes really good French toast.  Here are two ideas for a quick economical snack, one sweet and one savoury, both made with everyday ingredients.

Ingredients

2 eggs
75mls/3floz milk
Pinch of salt
1 white soda farl
10g/ ½ oz butter
1 tsp olive oil

Serve Savoury

2 dsp pickles
2 dsp onion relish
25g/1oz cheese e.g. Wensleydate

Serve Sweet

1 red apple
1 green apple
2 plums
1 tsp brown sugar
1 dsp water

1 dsp yoghurt
Sprig of mint

Method

1.    Break the eggs into a bowl.  Whisk along with the milk and a pinch of salt.  Cut the soda bread in two and soak in the mixture for 30 seconds.

2.    Heat the butter and oil in a shallow frying pan.  Add the coated soda bread and cook lightly on either side, turning once.  Cooking should take only a couple of minutes in total.  Use a little kitchen paper to absorb any excess oil.

Savoury

1.    Mix the pickles and relish together and spoon onto the toast.  Crumble the cheese on top and brown under a very hot grill.

Sweet

1.    Core the apples and cut them into wedges, skin still on and quarter the plums.  Gently poach in the water and sugar for approximately 2-3 minutes until soft.

2.  Spoon the fruit onto the farl and top with yoghurt.  Garnish with a sprig of mint.