Pain perdu with roasted strawberries, aged balsamic and Parmesan
William Drabble's Pain perdu with strawberries recipe dazzles with its sweet, salty and sour flavour combinations, in the form of caramelised strawberries, Parmesan shavings and aged balsamic vinegar (William recommends using balsamic that has been aged for a minimum of 8 years). Pain perdu translates as 'lost bread', so use up leftover stale bread for this beautiful dessert.
Ingredients
Strawberries
- 400g of strawberries
- 100g of sugar
- 30g of butter
- black pepper
Pain perdu
- 4 slices of brioche loaf , stale, approximately 2cm thick
- 4 eggs
- 75g of sugar
- 750ml of milk
- 250ml of double cream
- 30g of Parmesan , grated
- 100g of butter
To serve
- 12 Parmesan shavings , shaved with vegetable peeler
- balsamic vinegar
Method
1
Begin by soaking the pain perdu. Place the eggs and sugar in a bowl and mix to combine. Add the milk and cream and place the brioche slices into the bowl to soak up the liquid for a couple of minutes
- 4 eggs
- 75g of sugar
- 750ml of milk
- 250ml of double cream
- 4 slices of brioche loaf , stale, approximately 2cm thick
2
For the strawberries, add the sugar to a pan with a drop of water and cook until it reaches a light caramel colour. Add the butter and then the strawberries. Bring to the boil, remove from the heat and add a few turns of black pepper. Keep warm until ready to serve
- 100g of sugar
- 30g of butter
- 400g of strawberries
- black pepper
3
Now make the pain perdu. Add the butter to a large frying pan and leave to slowly melt. As it starts to turn golden brown, add the soaked brioche and reduce the heat slightly so that the butter does not burn, but the heat is still strong enough to colour the bread
- 100g of butter
4
Cook the brioche for a couple of minutes on each side until golden brown, then remove from pan and place onto a baking tray. Sprinkle with some of the grated Parmesan and carefully gratinate under the grill
- 30g of Parmesan , grated
5
Place the pain perdu slices onto plates and spoon over some of the warm strawberries. Top with the Parmesan shavings, drizzle over some good quality balsamic vinegar and serve
- balsamic vinegar
- 12 Parmesan shavings , shaved with vegetable peeler
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