Raisin Bread French Toast With Sauteed Pears

Total Time: 38 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 2 firm ripe pears, cored and cut into chunks
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 6 eggs
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon sugar
• ground nutmeg, a pinch
• 8 slices raisin bread
• 1 cup maple syrup, warmed

Recipe

• 1 melt 1 tablespoon butter in a large frying pan over med-high heat.
• 2 add the pears and cook, stirring, until just softened, about 3 minutes.
• 3 pour in the orange juice, increase heat to high, and cook, stirring, until the liquid reduces to a glaze and the pears are soft, about 4 minutes.
• 4 remove the pears and their sauce from the pan and keep warm while you make the french toast.
• 5 wipe the pan clean and set aside.
• 6 in a large shallow bowl, beat together the eggs, milk, cinnamon sugar, and nutmeg.
• 7 place 4 slices of the bread in the egg mixture and let soak for about 2 minutes, turning once.
• 8 in the same frying pan over med-high heat, melt 1 tablespoon of the butter.
• 9 working with 4 slices at a time, transfer the soaked bread to the pan and cook, turning once, until golden brown, about 4 minutes total.
• 10 transfer to a plate and keep warm.
• 11 then soak and cook the remaining 4 bread slices, using the remaining 1 tablespoon butter.
• 12 divide the french toast among warmed plates and top evenly with the pear and their sauce.
• 13 pass the maple syrup at the table.