Lemon French toast with poached plums

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1. Mix the eggs, milk, lemon zest and 1 tbsp sugar in a shallow dish. Add the bread, then turn in the liquid until well soaked.
2. Put 2 tbsp sugar and 25g butter in a frying pan, then heat gently until the sugar has melted. Add the plums, then fry until they are softened and the juice is golden brown, about 5 mins. Add the lemon juice, then heat gently to make a light syrup.
3. Heat the remaining butter in a large non- stick frying pan, then add the slices of bread and fry on each side until golden brown. Put two slices on each plate, sprinkle with the remaining sugar, then spoon over the plums and their juices. Serve as they are or with crème fraîche or vanilla ice cream.

Per serving (without creme fraiche or ice cream)

331 kcalories, protein 8g, carbohydrate 44g, fat 15 g, saturated fat 8g, fibre 2g, salt 0.78 g

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• Sunil Kalra

  12 September 2008

  Sunil Kalra commented on this recipe

  Love it. Did not have plums, so i used pears...... i could eat this for breakfast everyday...

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• Amy

  19 September 2008

  Amy commented on this recipe

  Delicious! Fantastic breakfast and very easy.

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  05 October 2008

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  Are there two recipes mixed here???

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• pevers

  31 December 2008

  pevers commented on this recipe

  Chocolate Monkey Bear - you are right! Where do the greengages and pastry come from?? Apart from that it sounds delicious, gonna try it for breakfast tomorrow as part of my New Years resolution to get fatter ;)

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• sweety

  15 February 2009

  sweety commented on this recipe

  i made this once with apricots, since I didn't have plumbs. It tasted great!! Just divine!!

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  12 June 2009

  Emily commented on this recipe

  Sorry everyone, a stray bit of another recipe had found its way onto the bottom of this one. Have now removed it. Thanks, Emily

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Ingredients

• 2 eggs , beaten
• 100ml milk
• zest 1 lemon
• 4 tbsp caster sugar
• 4 slices bread or brioche, cut in half diagonally
• 50g butter
• 450g plums , halved and stoned
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• crème fraîche or vanilla ice cream, to serve

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Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Prep 15 mins

Cook 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 eggs , beaten
• 100ml milk
• zest 1 lemon
• 4 tbsp caster sugar
• 4 slices bread or brioche, cut in half diagonally
• 50g butter
• 450g plums , halved and stoned
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• crème fraîche or vanilla ice cream, to serve

Per serving (without creme fraiche or ice cream)

331 kcalories, protein 8g, carbohydrate 44g, fat 15 g, saturated fat 8g, fibre 2g, salt 0.78 g

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