French Toast Stuffed With Custard

Have you tried the French toast stuffed with custard? As you know, torrijas are typical in Lent and Easter. It is a bread from the day before, soaked in a mixture of milk with cinnamon, similar to meringue milk, coated in egg and fried.

However, you probably haven’t tried the filled versions, much less with custard. Therefore, below we want to tell you what you need to prepare them and what are the steps you must follow. You and your family will love it!

French toast stuffed with custard recipe

The torrijas stuffed with custards are so delicious that you will want to prepare them to enjoy in your snacks, even on dates other than Easter. If you like the traditional recipe, this is sure to become one of your favorite varieties.

Ingredients

For the custard:

1 l of milk
5 egg yolks
100g sugar
1 piece of lemon peel
1 cinnamon stick
40 g cornstarch

For the torrijas:

1 loaf of bread from the day before

300 ml milk
1 glass of homemade custard (200 g)
3 tablespoons of sugar (30 g)
2 eggs
1 cinnamon stick
Ground cinnamon and sugar for garnish
Oil for frying

Utensils

Knife
Spoon
Saucepan
Strainer
2 bowls
Frying pan
Absorbent paper

Preparation

From the custard:

Pumpkin custard

Reserve a glass of cold milk and heat the rest of the milk with the cinnamon stick and the lemon peel.
When it starts to boil, lower the heat immediately so that it does not come out and simmer for 5 minutes over a very low heat.
Also, dissolve the cornstarch in the reserved milk, stirring vigorously until all the lumps disappear and it has the consistency of cement.
Also, separate the yolks from the whites. Set aside the whites, which will not be used in this recipe, and mix the yolks with the sugar and the milk with cornstarch.

Beat well with the whisk until smooth.
When the 5 minutes have passed, strain the milk from the saucepan to remove the cinnamon and lemon peel.
Then add it to the yolks little by little, while stirring carefully.
Beat with the rods until foam comes out on the surface.
Pour all the mixture into a saucepan and bring it to a low heat, stirring without stopping so that it does not stick.
Finally, when the foam disappears and the mixture thickens, remove it from the heat.

Of the torrijas:

With the help of a knife, cut the bread into 1 cm thick slices
Next, place a tablespoon of custard on half of the slices and cover with the other half. Reserve.
Then, put on the fire a saucepan with the milk, 3 tablespoons of sugar and half a cinnamon stick.
Let it boil over low heat for 5 minutes and then remove.
Strain the milk into a bowl and moisten the stuffed slices with it.

Then, pass the slices through beaten egg and fry in a pan with hot oil, controlling the temperature so that they brown and do not burn.
Drain them on absorbent paper.
Besides, in a small bowl, mix the sugar with the cinnamon powder.
Once drained, sprinkle with the cinnamon and sugar mixture.
Serve at room temperature.

Data of interest…

torrijas-recipe

Difficulty: difficult
Preparation time for the custard-filled torrijas: 1 hour and a half
The custard cooking process is slow and can take about 10 minutes. The heat should not be raised at this time, because the custard burns easily.

With the whites left over from the custard you can make a meringue. To do this, raise the whites to the point of snow with some electric rods and when they are almost raised, add a syrup prepared with two measures of sugar and one of water.

Finish raising the whites and place them on a baking tray lined with aluminum foil previously greased with butter. Bake the whites for 10 minutes until the meringue is browned, taking care not to burn.