 French toast served at a restaurant | |
| Place of origin | Europe |
|---|---|
| Serving temperature | Hot, with toppings |
| Main ingredients | Bread, eggs |
| Ingredients generally used | Milk or cream, herbs, spices, sauces, syrups |
| Variations | Sweet |
French toast is a dish of sliced bread soaked in beaten eggs and often milk or cream, then pan-fried. Alternative names and variants include eggy bread,[1] Bombay toast, gypsy toast,[2] and poor knights (of Windsor).[3]
When French toast is served as a sweet dish, sugar, vanilla, or cinnamon are also commonly added before pan-frying, and then it may be topped with sugar (often powdered sugar), butter, fruit, or syrup. When it is a savory dish, it is generally fried with a pinch of salt or pepper, and it can then be served with a sauce such as ketchup or mayonnaise.[4][5][6][7]
- ^ Beckett, Fiona (18 September 2010). "Student cookbook: French toast (a.k.a. eggy bread)". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
- ^ Mille (24 February 2002). "Gypsy Toast". food.com. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed., 2006, s.v. 'poor' S3
- ^ Rachel Phipps. "Eggy Bread". BBC Food. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^ Oliver, Jamie. "How to make French toast". Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^ "Eggy Bread". Australia's best recipes. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^ "How To Make Yumurtalı Ekmek (Eggy Bread)". Turkey's for life. 16 September 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2020.