French Toast Gratin with Pumpkin

French Toast Gratin with Pumpkin
  • For : 4 servings
  • Time : 1 h 15 + 24 hours
  • Difficulty : easy

Ingredients for French Toast Gratin with Pumpkin :

  • 500 g pumpkin
  • 1/2 orange
  • 1/2 lemon
  • 50 g dried apricots
  • 80 g sugar
  • 1 vanilla bean
  • 1 cinammon stick
  • 250 g crustless bread
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/4 litre milk
  • 1/4 litre liquid cream
  • 150 g sugar
  • 20 g butter
  • 1 vanilla bean

Technical stages for French Toast Gratin with Pumpkin :

  • Day before: Soak the dried apricots in 10 cl hot water along with the split vanilla bean and the cinammon stick.
  • Next day: Peel the pumpkin and remove the seeds.
  • Cut the flesh into pieces.
  • Place the pieces of pumpkin in a saucepan with the soaking water of the apricots.
  • Leave to cook for about 20 minutes until water is completely evaporated.
  • Chop the apricots in a small dice.
  • Add them to the pumpkin, along with the zests of the half lemon and orange.
  • Add 80 g of sugar and continue to cook for about 30 minutes.
  • In a saucepan, heat the liquid cream and the milk with a split vanilla bean.
  • Meanwhile, cremer the eggs and sugar.
  • As soon as the cream and milk begins to boil, pour this on the creamed egg yolks and sugar.
  • Mix thoroughly using a whisk.
  • Trim the bread and cut each slice into triangles.
  • Line them in a buttered gratiné dish overlapping each other.
  • Pour the still warm preparation on the bread.
  • Bake about 30 minutes in preheated oven at 180°C.
  • Serve in the gratiné dish along with pumpkin compote.
  • Infos: We can replace the crustless bread with day old viennoiseries. It will be even better !
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The essentials

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