Pain Perdu with Orange
Stale bread soaked in sweet custard and fried in butter, with orange zest cutting the richness.
- Serves
- 4
- Total time
- 30 min
- Cost per serving (United States)
- $14.54
Ingredients
- 1 sourdough loaf
- 4 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cup whole milk
- 1/3 cup granulated white sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 lb navel oranges
- 5 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 tsp kosher salt
Method
Whisk the eggs, milk, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, salt, and the zest of one orange until smooth.
Cut the bread into eight thick slices. Slightly stale bread soaks better without falling apart.
Lay the slices in the custard and leave them 2 minutes a side, pressing gently so they take it up all the way through.
Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat and cook the slices 3 minutes a side, until deep golden and set in the middle.
Segment the remaining oranges, cutting the peel away with a knife.
Dust the toast with powdered sugar and serve with the orange segments and their juice.
What this costs, country by country
Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.
| Country | Whole recipe | Per serving | Priced from |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $58.15 | $14.54 | 10 of 10 ingredients |
| United Kingdom | £40.20 | £10.05 | 10 of 10 ingredients |
| Australia | $60.78 | $15.20 | 10 of 10 ingredients |
| New Zealand | $76.01 | $19.00 | 10 of 10 ingredients |
| Canada | $131.56 | $32.89 | 10 of 10 ingredients |
| Greece | 41,19 € | 10,30 € | 9 of 10 ingredients |
| Egypt | ٩٤٩٫٣٨ ج.م. | ٢٣٧٫٣٥ ج.م. | 9 of 10 ingredients |
| Spain | 34,30 € | 8,58 € | 9 of 10 ingredients |
| Mexico | $618.02 | $154.51 | 8 of 10 ingredients |
| Germany | 25,16 €* | 6,29 € | 6 of 10 ingredients |
| Austria | € 34,52* | € 8,63 | 6 of 10 ingredients |
* We have read fewer than seven in ten of these ingredients in that country, so the total is a partial figure and the real one is higher.
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