Cinnamon Plums With French Toast Nigella Recipes

FRENCH TOAST WITH CINNAMON PLUMS

Steps:

• In a wide saucepan, combine cranberry juice and 1 cup sugar. Place over low heat, and stir until sugar is dissolved. Add cinnamon stick, and raise heat to bring to a boil; boil for about 2 minutes.
• Add plums, and reduce heat to low. Simmer until plums are tender but not disintegrating, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat, and set aside. (Plums may be served warm or at room temperature; reheat if desired.)
• In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, ground cinnamon and 1 tablespoon sugar. Place a large skillet over medium-low heat, and add 1 tablespoon of butter, spreading it in the pan. Dip three slices of brioche in the egg mixture, so they absorb the liquid but don't fall to pieces. Place in skillet and cook until golden brown on both sides, about 2 minutes a side. Transfer to a plate and keep warm. Repeat with remaining three slices brioche.
• Place a portion of French toast on each plate with a serving of plum halves and their syrup.

THAI NOODLES WITH CINNAMON AND PRAWNS

Steps:

• On a high heat, heat the oil in a large wok. Add the garlic, ginger, star anise, cinnamon and the sliced stems of celery (reserve the leaves), and cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
• Stir in both soy sauces and leave to simmer for 30 seconds, then stir in the oyster sauce and ground pepper.
• Add the water, followed by the chicken stock concentrate and the ketjap manis (or the mixture of dark soy sauce with soft brown sugar), stir until everything's well combined and bring to the boil.
• Now add the king prawns, immersing them in the liquid. Simmer until the prawns are cooked through.
• Finally, add the drained noodles and stir well--I find a couple of pasta forks, one in each hand, best for this--so that everything is combined, and most of the dark liquid is absorbed.
• Add the pinches of ground cinnamon and cloves, stir again, and if you're not serving straight from the wok, decant into a serving bowl, and sprinkle with the reserved chopped celery leaves.

FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• In a large bowl or dish combine cinnamon and sugar and stir well.
• Add eggs, milk and vanilla to cinnamon mixture and whisk well.
• Melt butter in a skillet or griddle.
• Dip bread slice into egg mixture coating both sides and cook on a buttered pan until golden on each side, flipping as necessary.
• Serve with maple syrup and fresh fruit

CINNAMON PLUMS WITH FRENCH TOAST (NIGELLA)

Steps:

• 1. Put the cranberry juice and sugar into a wide, heavy-based saucepan and stir to help start dissolving the sugar. Then put the saucepan over a low heat until the sugar dissolves entirely. 2. Halve the plums and remove the stones, then halve them again if they are big brutes. 3. Once the sugar's dissolved into the red liquid, add the cinnamon stick, then turn the heat up, bring the mixture to the boil and let the pan bubble away for a couple of minutes until the mixture is on the way to becoming syrupy. 4. Turn the syrup down to a simmer and add the plum halves (or quarters). Cook them gently for about 10 minutes, although note that this is based on starting off with viciously unripe fruits, so you might need less time. 5. Once the plums are tender but not disintegrating, remove the pan from the heat, cover and set aside, keeping warm. 6. For the French toast, whisk together the eggs, milk, ground cinnamon and sugar in a pie dish. 7. Sit two pieces of bread in the eggy mixture, turning after each side has soaked up enough of the mixture to colour the bread yellow, so that it absorbs the liquid but doesn't fall to pieces. 8. Melt half the butter in a frying pan over a medium heat and cook the soaked pieces of bread for a couple of minutes on each side, or until scorched golden in parts. Transfer the French toast to a warm plate and keep warm. Repeat the process with the remaining slices of bread, eggy mixture and butter. 9. Serve the French toast with the beautiful scarlet plum compôte alongside.

CINNAMON-ACCENTED FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Mix beaten eggs, sugar, milk, cinnamon, and salt in a large, shallow bowl. Dip bread slices into egg mixture to coat.
• Heat a skillet over medium heat. Cook bread in hot skillet until browned completely, 2 to 3 minutes per side.