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Barefoot Contessa Baked French Toast Casserole Recipe

Orange-Ginger Maple Syrup Barefoot contessa baked french toast casserole

Tasty french toast casseroles are usually accompanied by peach, plum, raspberry, or strawberry. Oranges are regularly forgotten, except for Christmas. But these zesty and sweet, strongly flavored fruits deserve their own dessert as well, and ginger is a bomb pairing for them.
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Resting Time 5 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine French
Servings 8 People

Ingredients
  

  • Orange Marmalade
  • Maple Syrup
  • 1 tbsp Ginger
  • 1 big Bio orange
  • 1 tbsp Orange peel
  • 8 Eggs
  • 250 ml Milk
  • ½ cup Brown sugar
  • ½ cup Butter
  • 1 tbsp Vanilla extract
  • 1 tbsp Ground cinnamon
  • 8 thick Slices of stale brioche or bread (3/4 inch)

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, and put an oven pan filled with water in the bottom to make some steam.
  • Grate the orange and save the peels for now. Remove as much of the white outer sections of the orange as possible since they are quite bitter.
  • Cut it to small even cubes. Caramelize them in a frying pan with butter and brown sugar and milk for 10 minutes on medium heat.
  • Take a casserole or oven pan, and put the bread or brioche slices in it side by side.
  • Whisk the 8 eggs and blend with the ginger, orange peel, vanilla extract, ground cinnamon.
  • Spread a thick layer of orange marmalade on each slice of bread, and pour all the ingredients over the slices of bread slowly, making sure it gets everywhere.
  • Cover the pan with foil. Place it in the preheated, steamed oven and bake it for 60 minutes. Don’t open the oven for the first 45 minutes.
  • A fine, fluffy egg layer will embrace your tasty bread, thus making a fantastic pudding-like but crunchy texture. You can serve it hot or cold and with maple syrup as you wish. I love to have a glass of cold milk on the side as well.
Keyword Baked french toast casserole