Pain Perdu with Roasted Banana

Name: Pain Perdu with Roasted Banana
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 4 slices of bread cut 2cm thick, crusts removed; 2 free-range eggs, beaten; 1 tablespoon caster sugar, mixed with 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; Crème fraîche, fromage frais or ice cream, to serve; Crème fraîche, fromage frais or ice cream, to serve; Crème fraîche, fromage frais or ice cream, to serve; 60 g butter; 4 large bananas, peeled and cut in half; 2 tablespoons caster sugar

Preparation info

Serves
2
adults and 2 small children

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Eat Up

By Mark Hix

Published 2000

About

A simple, classic French dish of sweet fried bread. Eat it for breakfast, lunch or dinner, and try different toppings such as pears or berries.

Ingredients

4 slices of bread cut 2cm thick, crusts removed
2 free-range eggs, beaten
1 tablespoon

Europe
France
United Kingdom
Lunch
Dinner
Dessert
Breakfast
Vegetarian

Method

For the bananas, heat the butter in a frying pan that will go into the oven. When it is foaming, add the bananas and sugar, stir well, then transfer to an oven preheated to 220°C/Gas Mark 7. Roast fo