Dominique Rizzo | Bespoke Food Tours
French toast breakfast trifle with caramelised fruit salad, vanilla yoghurt and almonds
Easy
Prep 20 min Cook 15 min
Shake up your breakfast menu this season and try this quick and healthy twist on French toast. Fresh peaches, sweet juicy cherries and toasted almonds will have you will wanting long lazy weekends every day.
Tips
Straining the yoghurt using a fine strainer over night in the fridge produces a thicker consistency.
Try serving the toasted sponge with thick custard and a dollop of cream for a quick dinner dessert.
Pitting the cherries can sometimes be difficult, the easiest way is to cut the cherry in half and remove the seeds by hand.
Ingredients
- 1 plain vanilla sponge sliced into 4 x 2.5cm thick slices
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup milk
- ¼ cup thick Greek yoghurt
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 peaches, halved cored and sliced in quarters
- 500g cherries, deseeded and halved
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 cup extra thick Greek yoghurt
- ¼ tsp vanilla bean paste
- ¼ cup flaked almonds
- Mint leaves for garnish
Recipe Steps
- Heat a large pan over a moderate temperature and toast the almond flakes for 4-5 minutes until golden, set aside. Whisk together the eggs with the milk and yoghurt and add in the cinnamon, lower the temperature slightly on the pan and add in the butter. Soak the slices of the sponge in the egg and yoghurt mix and then toast in the pan for 3-4 minutes each side until golden, set aside onto plates.
- Into the same pan add in the extra butter, bring up the heat a little and toss in the peaches and the halved cherries, cook for 4 minutes then add in the honey and simmer for another couple of minutes, then spoon onto the toasted sponge.
- Combine the yoghurt with the vanilla paste, dollop this onto the fruit and top with the toasted almonds and mint leaves.
Substitute Ingredients:
- Ricotta, ice-cream sour cream or dollop cream can also be used.
- Maple syrup, golden or agave are also great substitutes instead of honey.
- Top the yoghurt with granola, toasted seeds or your favourite topping.
- Swap around the sponge and try the chocolate sponge.