Spanish cuisine · Desserts & Sweets

Torrijas

Spain's Easter French toast: bread soaked in milk, fried and sugared.

Ingredients · for 4 servings

• 8 thick slices of stale white bread
• 750 ml milk
• 1 cinnamon stick
• Zest of 1 lemon
• 100 g sugar
• 3 eggs
• Olive oil for frying
• Cinnamon sugar for rolling

Instructions

1. Boil the milk with the cinnamon stick, lemon zest and sugar, then let it cool.
2. Soak the bread slices in it until saturated but still firm.
3. Turn them in beaten egg.
4. Fry golden brown on both sides in hot olive oil.
5. Roll in cinnamon sugar straight away.