Savoury Brioche French Toast for Breakfast or Brunch

Quick and easy savoury brioche French toast with chilli, spices, parsley and sesame seeds. Perfect for breakfast, brunch or supper.

Hooray it’s Sunday and a good excuse for a lazy weekend breakfast. It’s also a good time to share a moment with friends and family. Why not combine the two? Yesterday, we did exactly that. I made some scrumptious spicy brioche French toast and this proved to be the star of the show.

Brioche Pasquier

Brioche Pasquier are a French brioche and pastry specialist that started life in 1936 as a small village bakery. With over 3,000 employees worldwide, they’ve rather outgrown their original premises. They make a range of baked goods including croissants, pain au chocolate and as their name suggests, brioche.

CT is a fan of all three, so when they sent me some Brioche Pasquier goodies to share, he was definitely up for it.

The dough is made with a traditional ‘levain’ otherwise known as sourdough starter. This gives taste and texture to the final products, which are all free from artificial colours, flavours and hydrogenated fats. The range can be found at Tesco, Sainsbury’s Morrisons, The Co-op, Budgens and Ocado.

Savoury Brioche French Toast

I like a savoury breakfast, so when I saw the Brioche Pasquier loaf my mind immediately leapt to spicy savoury brioche French toast. Making it is a simple process, but the result was a revelation. I’m going to find it hard to make French toast with anything other than brioche from now on.

First, I beat up eggs with a dash of milk, my current favourite chilli spice mix, salt pepper and fresh parsley. Then I soaked the brioche in the mix, scattered over some black sesame seeds and fried in just a dab of butter.

As well as the savoury brioche French toast, I also made some cheese and chard sandwiches with Brioche Pasquier’s pain au lait. The salty sharp cheese compliments the soft sweet brioche rolls beautifully and the green leaves add crunch and phytonutrients. Any favourite green leaves would be good here, but Swiss chard is what I had in the house.

Cups of tea, some warm pain au chocolate and hot croissants spread with my homemade quince jelly completed our leisurely breakfast. What better way to start the weekend than that?

Who would you share your brioche breakfast with?

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Savoury Brioche French Toast

Quick and easy savoury brioche French toast with chilli, spices, parsley and sesame seeds.

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Prep Time5 minutes mins

Cook Time10 minutes mins

Total Time15 minutes mins

Course: Breakfast, Brunch

Cuisine: British

Keyword: brioche, chillies, savoury

Servings: 4 people

Calories: 205kcal

Author: Choclette @ Tin and Thyme

Ingredients

• 4 slices brioche (I used brioche Pasquier)
• 2 eggs
• 1 tbsp milk
• ½ tsp favourite chilli spice mix (I used a hot Turkish seasoning, Ya Salam)
• 1 pinch sea salt
• good grinding of black pepper
• 3-4 sprig fresh parsley chopped
• 1 tsp black sesame seeds or use white instead
• 1 knob unsalted butter

Instructions

• Beat the eggs, milk, salt, pepper, spices and parsley together and pour into a flattish container.
  2 eggs, 1 tbsp milk, ½ tsp favourite chilli spice mix, 1 pinch sea salt, good grinding of black pepper, 3-4 sprig fresh parsley
• Add the butter to a non stick frying pan and place over a low to medium heat.
  1 knob unsalted butter
• Dip a brioche slice into the egg mixture, first one side then the other.
  4 slices brioche
• When the butter is hot, add to the pan and fry for 2-3 minutes until golden. Scatter some of the sesame seeds over the top then turn over and fry the other side.
  1 tsp black sesame seeds
• Repeat with the other slices and eat whilst hot.

Notes

Can be kept warm on a plate in a low oven whilst the other slices are cooking.

Please note: calories and other nutritional information are per serving. They’re approximate and will depend on exact ingredients used.

Nutrition Estimate

Calories: 205kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 147mg | Sodium: 197mg | Potassium: 30mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 555IU | Calcium: 41mg | Iron: 1mg

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