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Blueberry Banana French Toast

Name: Blueberry Banana French Toast
Total time: 35 min
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: ~1½ cups frozen blueberries; ~¾ cups water; ~½ cup sugar; ~8-10 slices banana bread or pound cake; ~3 tbsp butter; ~2-3 tbsp rum; ~½ cup crème fraîche; ~1 tsp lemon zest; ~¼ cups crushed nuts

⏱ 35 min

Transform leftover pound cake or banana bread into an elegant French dessert. Topped with homemade blueberry jam, crème fraîche, lemon zest, and crushed nuts, this quick dessert is both simple and impressive.

Adapted from a video by Bruno Albouze

Blueberry Banana French Toast – Bruno Albouze

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Ingredients

frozen blueberries~1½ cupsest.
water~¾ cupsest.
sugar~½ cupest.
banana bread or pound cakesliced~8-10 slicesest.
butter~3 tbspest.
rum~2-3 tbspest.
crème fraîche~½ cupest.
lemon zest~1 tspest.
crushed nuts~¼ cupsest.

Steps

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1
Make the blueberry jam: boil water and sugar in a pot for 5 minutes.
2
Add the frozen blueberries, bring to a boil, and simmer for 25 minutes until thickened.
3
Transfer the jam to a container and let cool completely.
4
Sear the slices of banana bread or pound cake in butter for about 2 minutes on each side until golden.
5
Flambé with rum, then top with crème fraîche, blueberry jam, lemon zest, and crushed nuts.

Blueberry Banana French Toast

Ingredients

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