Spanish fried bread: slices of baguette soaked in cinnamon-and-lemon milk, fried and coated in cinnamon sugar. Serves 4.
1piece
500ml
for the milk; for coating110g
1piece
day-old1piece
3piece
6tbsp
1tsp| # | Product | Quantity | Notes | State | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 1piece | — | — | |
| 2 | | 500ml | — | — | |
| 3 | | 110g | for the milk; for coating | — | |
| 4 | | 1piece | — | — | |
| 5 | | 1piece | day-old | — | |
| 6 | | 3piece | — | — | |
| 7 | | 6tbsp | — | — | |
| 8 | | 1tsp | — | — |
Lay the lemon on the chopping board.
Lemon · 1 piece
Pare off 2 wide strips of zest with the peeler, leaving the white pith behind.
Pour the milk into the small saucepan.
Whole milk · 500 ml
Add 50 g of the sugar.
Caster sugar · 50 gAdd the cinnamon stick.
Cinnamon stick · 1 pieceHeat until steaming, stirring to dissolve the sugar.
Take the pan off the heat and leave for 15 minutes to infuse and cool a little.
Lay the baguette on the board.
Baguette · 1 pieceCut 12 slices about 2.5 cm thick, slightly on the diagonal.
Lay the slices in the baking dish in one layer.
Pour the milk through the sieve over the bread.
Leave for about 2 minutes on each side, turning once with the spatula, until soaked but not falling apart.
Crack the eggs into the shallow dish and beat with the fork.
Egg · 3 piece
Pour the oil into the large frying pan.
Sunflower oil · 6 tbsp
Heat over a medium heat for about 2 minutes.
Lift each slice into the egg with the spatula and turn to coat.
Fry in 2 batches for about 2 minutes on each side, turning once, until golden brown.
Put the rest of the sugar on the small plate.
Caster sugar · 60 g
Add the ground cinnamon and mix with the fork.
Ground cinnamon · 1 tsp| # | Product | Tool | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 piece | | Lay the lemon on the chopping board.⏱ 5sResultLemon |
| 2 | Lemonstep 1 | | Pare off 2 wide strips of zest with the peeler, leaving the white pith behind.⏱ 30sResultStrips of lemon zestused in step 6 |
| 3 | 500 ml | | Pour the milk into the small saucepan.⏱ 10sResultWhole milk |
| 4 | 50 g | | Add 50 g of the sugar.⏱ 10sResultSweetened milk |
| 5 | 1 piece | | Add the cinnamon stick.⏱ 5sResultMilk with cinnamon |
| 6 | Strips of lemon zeststep 2 | | Add the lemon strips.⏱ 10sResultMilk with cinnamon and lemon |
| 7 | — | | Heat until steaming, stirring to dissolve the sugar.⏱ 4 minResultHot spiced milk |
| 8 | — | | Take the pan off the heat and leave for 15 minutes to infuse and cool a little.⏱ 15 minResultInfused milkused in step 12 |
| 9 | 1 piece | | Lay the baguette on the board.⏱ 10sResultBaguette |
| 10 | Baguettestep 9 | | Cut 12 slices about 2.5 cm thick, slightly on the diagonal.⏱ 1 minResultSliced baguette |
| 11 | Sliced baguettestep 10 | | Lay the slices in the baking dish in one layer.⏱ 30sResultSliced baguette |
| 12 | Infused milkstep 8 | | Pour the milk through the sieve over the bread.⏱ 30sResultBread and spiced milk |
| 13 | — | | Leave for about 2 minutes on each side, turning once with the spatula, until soaked but not falling apart.⏱ 4 minResultSoaked breadused in step 17 |
| 14 | 3 piece | | Crack the eggs into the shallow dish and beat with the fork.⏱ 40sResultEgg |
| 15 | 6 tbsp | | Pour the oil into the large frying pan.⏱ 10sResultSunflower oil |
| 16 | — | | Heat over a medium heat for about 2 minutes.⏱ 2 minResultHot oil |
| 17 | Soaked breadstep 13 | | Lift each slice into the egg with the spatula and turn to coat.⏱ 1 minResultEgg-coated bread |
| 18 | Egg-coated breadstep 17 | | Fry in 2 batches for about 2 minutes on each side, turning once, until golden brown.⏱ 8 minResultGolden torrijas |
| 19 | Golden torrijasstep 18 |   | Lift onto a plate lined with kitchen paper.⏱ 30sResultGolden torrijasused in step 22 |
| 20 | 60 g | | Put the rest of the sugar on the small plate.⏱ 10sResultCaster sugar |
| 21 | 1 tsp | | Add the ground cinnamon and mix with the fork.⏱ 20sResultCinnamon sugar |
| Total Time | 38 min | ||
| Nutrient | Per serving |
|---|---|
| 426kcal | |
| 9g | |
| 28g | |
| 6g | |
| 36g | |
| 34g | |
| 0.9g | |
| 118mg |
Spanish fried bread: slices of baguette soaked in cinnamon-and-lemon milk, fried and coated in cinnamon sugar. Serves 4.
What you’ll doYou will soak thick slices of day-old baguette in milk infused with cinnamon and lemon, dip them in egg, fry them until golden and coat them in cinnamon sugar.