Portuguese French Toast – Rabanadas do Minho
Rabanadas are Portuguese French Toast with a twist. Rabanadas do Minho are made with a twist by adding a warm wine and honey syrup over the cooked French Toast for a robust sweet wine flavor.
Ingredients:
1 large loaf of crusty bread; French, Italian or Portuguese
1 1/3 cups of granulated sugar
1 tbsp butter or margarine
1 stick of cinnamon
1 piece of lemon peel
2 egg yolks
2 eggs
5 glasses of Portuguese Red wine, or Vinho Verde Red
1 cup of Honey
1 tsp of powdered cinnamon
1 1/3 cup of water
Oil for frying
Preparation:
Slice the bread into (1 inch) slices.
In a saucepan, heat the sugar and 1 1/3 cups of water, butter, lemon peel, cinnamon stick and a dash of salt. Cook on medium heat for 5 minutes and remove from heat.
Soak each slice of bread in the sugar mixture, remove and place in a strainer to remove excess liquid. Set aside.
Beat the yolks and eggs until foamy. Heat the oil in 1/4 inch depth in a large skillet on medium. Dip each slice of bread into the egg mixture shaking off any excess egg.
Place the bread slices in the oil and cook for a few minutes on each side until golden brown.
As each slice cooks place it on paper towels to drain and then onto a serving tray. Coat each slice with a mixture of sugar and cinnamon.
In a separate pan heat the wine, honey, powdered cinnamon until it comes to a boil.
Gently, pour the hot wine syrup over each slice turning them over to coat each side.
Serve warm or at room temperature. Store in the refrigerator.
Rabanadas Recipe in Portuguese:
Ingredientes:
1 pão de cacete de 500 g
300 g de açúcar
1 colher de sopa de manteiga
1 pau de canela
1 casca de limão
2 gemas
2 ovos
7,5 dl de vinho tinto verde ou maduro
250 g de mel
1 colher de sobremesa de canela em pó
óleo para fritar
Preparação:
Corta-se o cacete em fatias com cerca de 1 cm de espessura.
Leva-se ao lume o açúcar com 2 dl de água, a manteiga, o pau de canela, a casca de limão e uma pitada de sal. Deixa-se ferver durante 5 minutos.
Retira-se do lume e introduzem-se as fatias de pão na calda bem quente.
Escorrem-se sobre uma peneira ou passador.
Em seguida, passam-se as fatias pelas gemas batidas com os ovos inteiros e alouram-se em óleo quente. À medida que se vão fritando as rabanadas, põem-se
numa travessa funda e polvilham-se com açúcar e canela.
À parte, mistura-se o vinho tinto com o mel, a canela em pó e, se o vinho for verde ou agreste, açúcar. Leva-se ao lume só para levantar fervura e deita-se
sobre as rabanadas. Viram-se com cuidado para não se partirem.
Photo & recipe credit: http://receitas-culinaria.pt/rabanadas-tradicionais-do-minho-e-douro/
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[…] Rabanadas do Minho , a different version of this famous classic originating in the lush Douro Wine region of Minho, are coated in a warm wine and honey syrup before serving. […]