Difficulty: Beginner
Baked Goods
Berries & Banana Stuffed French Toast
Chef John
Prep Time: 10 min
Cook Time: 15 min
Difficulty: Beginner
This stuffed berry & banana French toast combines rich cream cheese, sweet berries, and cinnamon-kissed French toast for a decadent breakfast with a subtle wood-fired touch.
Instructions
- Step 1: Burning the recteq Ultimate Blend Pellets preheat your recteq to MED HI.
- Step 2: In a mixing bowl add cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla. Mix well. Add berries to mixture and mix until well combined. Set aside.
- Step 3: In another mixing bowl add whole eggs, egg yolk, cream, cinnamon, brown sugar, and salt. Whisk well.
- Step 4: Add butter to SmokeStone and spread butter around evenly. Add bread to egg mixture (don't fully submerge bread), just give a light dunk on both sides. Then place on SmokeStone. Repeat process until all bread is on SmokeStone. Cook until golden brown, for about 4-5 minutes.
- Step 5: Starting with the first piece of bread you placed on the SmokeStone, start to flip each piece. Toast for about 4-5 minutes, then remove from SmokeStone.
- Step 6: Add cream cheese mixture to one side of 4 pieces of French toast then top with the other pieces of toast. Top French toast with powder sugar and maple syrup
Ingredients
Serving Sizes
- 8 ounce(s) Cream Cheese
- 3 tablespoon(s) Powdered Sugar
- 1 teaspoon(s) Vanilla Extract
- 1 1/2 cup(s) Berries & Bananas (fresh/frozen)
- 2 teaspoon(s) Chef John's Soul Powder
- 1 Egg Yolk
- 3 Eggs
- 1 cup(s) Heavy Cream
- 1 1/2 teaspoon(s) Cinnamon
- 2 tablespoon(s) Brown Sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon(s) Salt
- 4 tablespoon(s) Butter
- 8 Brioche Bread Slices
Toppings
- 8 tablespoon(s) Maple Syrup
- 8 teaspoon(s) Powdered Sugar
Tools Needed
- recteq Chef Knife
- recteq Cutting Board
- Medium Bowls x 2
- Whisk
- Rubber Spatula
- SmokeStone Spatula
- Step 1: Burning the recteq Ultimate Blend Pellets preheat your recteq to MED HI.
- Step 2: In a mixing bowl add cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla. Mix well. Add berries to mixture and mix until well combined. Set aside.
- Step 3: In another mixing bowl add whole eggs, egg yolk, cream, cinnamon, brown sugar, and salt. Whisk well.
- Step 4: Add butter to SmokeStone and spread butter around evenly. Add bread to egg mixture (don't fully submerge bread), just give a light dunk on both sides. Then place on SmokeStone. Repeat process until all bread is on SmokeStone. Cook until golden brown, for about 4-5 minutes.
- Step 5: Starting with the first piece of bread you placed on the SmokeStone, start to flip each piece. Toast for about 4-5 minutes, then remove from SmokeStone.
- Step 6: Add cream cheese mixture to one side of 4 pieces of French toast then top with the other pieces of toast. Top French toast with powder sugar and maple syrup
Chef Pairings
Top French Toast with Powder Sugar and Maple Syrup and serve with bacon from the SmokeStone.