Recipe 5 French Toast

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French toast is a popular choice of Hong Kong people for afternoon tea. The crispy French toast we have in Cha Chaan Tengs is usually cooked by deep frying. When making French toast at home, we can use shallow frying instead. Although the texture is a bit different, it is as delicious as its deep fried counterpart, yet with a reduced greasiness.

Ingredients: 2 slices loaf bread5 g butter1 egga little bit milk2 tsp peanut butter

Steps:

1. Whisk an egg in a bowl. Add a little bit of milk and cinnamon powder. Stir well. Pour the egg sauce into the plate.

2. Remove the crusts of two slices of bread. Spread peanut butter on one slice of the bread. Then place the other slice on top. Immerse the peanut butter sandwich thoroughly in the egg sauce.

3. Melt the butter in a frying pan over medium low heat. Shallow fry the egg sauce wrapped peanut butter sandwich over low heat until the both sides turn golden brown.

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Serving size：1 person Cooking method：Shallow frying Preparation time：5 minutes Cooking time：5 minutes

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4. Spread the French toast with butter and top it with syrup, honey or condensed milk.

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After you finish the cooking, discuss the questions about purchasing ingredients, cooking techniques and nutrition analysis of the dish with your groupmates.

A. Purchase of Ingredients1. What should we bear in mind when buying loaf bread?

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B. Cooking techniques1. Which types of heat transfer are used respectively when deep-frying and

shallow frying French toast?

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shallow frying: _________________________________________________________________

2. What are the pros and cons of deep-frying and shallow frying French toast?Deep-frying Shallow frying

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You can change the French toast into a Southeast Asian dish by adding ¼ cup of coconut milk into the egg sauce. Dip the bread into the sauce and shallow fry it. Lastly, spread the toast with kaya jam.

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You may substitute peanutbutter with other types of jam.

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3. Why should we use low heat when adding butter?

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4. Why should we immerse the bread in the egg sauce before frying?

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C. Nutrition Analysis1. Can this dish provide us with the following nutrients? Which ingredients are

the nutrients from? the correct boxes and write down the corresponding ingredients.

Nutrient Ingredient(s)□ Proteins

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2. Is this a healthy dish? Why?

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3. Which group(s) of people should avoid eating this dish? Why?

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4. How can we make this dish healthier?

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Kit Mak Cooking Corner

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Coffee-Walnut Bread PuddingApart from French toast, there are many other desserts made by bread. Bread pudding is one example. This simple bread pudding recipe comes with a rich coffee flavor. You may also add a handful of raisins before baking. Or serve it with marmalade, cinnamon sugar or chocolate sauce for a more decadent outcome.

Ingredients:4 eggs6 - 8 slices loaf bread

Coffee milk:350 ml milk1 tbsp unsweetened instant coffee3 tsp custard powder25 g walnuts1/4 tsp cinnamon powder1/2 tsp vanilla essence5 tbsp sugar

Steps:1. Preheat the oven to 180ºC.

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Serving size：5 – 6 persons Cooking method：Baking Preparation time：10 - 15 minutes Cooking time：25 - 30 minutes

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2. Cook the milk to lukewarm and add in coffee powder, custard powder, sugar, cinnamon powder and vanilla essence. Stir well.

3. Cut each slice of bread into four (you may also remove the crust) and place them evenly in the casserole, set aside. Chop the walnuts.

4. Whisk the eggs in mixing bowl and then mix in coffee milk.

5. Pour the coffee-egg mixture evenly over the bread in the casserole. Spread the walnuts on the pudding. Before putting the pudding into the oven, sprinkle a little bit of sugar atop, so that it will appear golden yellow after baking.

6. Bake the pudding for 25 to 30 minutes. Ready to serves!

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With reference to the recipes above, design a dessert made with bread.

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If the bread pudding swells, it means the pudding starts to become cooked. Insert a toothpick in the middle of the pudding and take out. If there is no egg sauce sticking on the toothpick, it means the pudding is ready.

Any bread with light taste and without fillings, such as baguettes or even croissants, are suitable for making bread pudding. You may also use this recipe to finish off dry and hard leftover bread.

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Shallow Frying TechniquesWhen shallow frying food, we should bear in mind the following:

1. Thin and flat surfaceWhen shallow frying food, food that are thin with flat surface give the best result, as they are easier to flip and can be cooked evenly.

2. One side at a timeUsually, we will not flip the food to the other side until one side is done (turned golden brown), as the appearance of the resulting food would not be appealing if we keep flipping them back and forth.

3. Right temperatureShallow frying in oil that is too hot will result in food with burnt crust but raw inside; while oil that is not hot enough will give greasy food with crust that have not been developed properly.

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