Cheeseboard mac ’n’ cheese with cracker breadcrumbs
Use whatever odds and ends of cheese you have for this dish – blue cheese, gruyère and camembert all work well. It's a great way to use up leftovers
Chocolate-orange French toast
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Serves 4
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- 4 thick slices of briochechallah or panettone
- 2 tbsp marmalade
- 40g dark chocolatebroken into pieces
- 3 eggs
- 300ml whole milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 orangezested, then peeled and sliced
- ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- icing sugarfor dusting
- yogurtor crème fraîche, to serve
Nutrition: Per serving
- kcal538
- fat25g
- saturates15g
- carbs62g
- sugars33g
- fibre3g
- protein13g
- salt0.9g
Method
step 1
Heat the oven to 140C/120C fan/gas 1. Cut a pocket into the side of each thick slice of bread using a small, sharp knife, then spoon in a quarter of the marmalade and poke a quarter of the chocolate into each pocket.
step 2
Whisk the eggs, milk, vanilla, orange zest and cinnamon together in a shallow dish. Dip each slice of bread into the egg mixture, making sure both sides are fully coated.
step 3
Melt ½ tbsp of the butter in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Lay a soaked bread slice in the pan and cook until golden brown and crispy, about 2-3 mins per side. Repeat with the remaining slices. Keep the toasted slices warm in a low oven while cooking the next, adding more butter as needed.
step 4
Put the orange slices in a pan with the maple syrup and warm through over a low-medium heat until some of their juices are released. Dust the French toast with icing sugar and top with the yogurt, orange slices and warm maple-orange syrup.
