Torrejas Gallegas

Name: Torrejas Gallegas
Cuisine: Puerto Rican
Ingredients: ½ pound French bread, crust trimmed; ½ pound French bread, crust trimmed; ½ cup sweet wine; 1 cup milk; 3 eggs, lightly beaten; ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon; 2 cups sugar; 1 cup water; Lard or vegetable oil (for pan-frying); Lard or vegetable oil (for pan-frying); 1 thin cinnamon stick or 1 lime peel, rinsed and drained; ¼ teaspoon salt; 1 thin cinnamon stick or 1 lime peel, rinsed and drained

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Puerto Rican Cookery

By Carmen Aboy Valldejuli

Published 1983

About

Ingredients

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½ pound French bread, crust trimmed

Americas
Dessert
Vegetarian
Puerto Rico
Caribbean

Method

Cut bread into ½ inch slices.
Mix milk and wine and dip each slice gradually. Remove with a slotted spoon and place on an aluminum sheet.
Sprinkle slices with ground cinnamon.
Dip into beaten eggs and drain with a slotted spoon.
Fry in hot fat until golden brown. Remove, drain on absorbent paper and place in dessert bowl.