Surreys Cafe Bananas Foster French Toast Recipes

Steps:

• For the whipped cream cheese: Put the cream cheese, vanilla and orange zest in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whip attachment and whip until light and fluffy. Add the cold heavy cream and whip until soft peaks form. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
• For the french toast: Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Whisk together the sugar and eggs until smooth. Whisk in the milk, cream, cinnamon and vanilla until combined.
• Make the French toast in 2 batches. Heat 2 tablespoons each of the butter and oil in a large saute pan over medium heat until the butter is melted and the oil begins to shimmer.
• Place 4 slices of the bread in the custard mixture and let sit on both sides until soaked through. Remove with a slotted spatula to allow the excess custard to run off. Cook until the toast is golden brown on both sides and cooked through, about 2 minutes per side.
• Transfer the French toast to a baking rack set over a baking sheet and keep warm in the oven while you cook the second batch with the remaining butter, oil and bread. Keep French toast warm until ready to serve.
• For the banana foster topping: Heat the butter in a large saute pan over high heat until it begins to sizzle. Whisk in the brown sugar and cinnamon and cook until the sugar has melted and the mixture has thickened slightly.
• Add the bananas and cook until slightly softened. Remove from the heat and add the rum and banana liqueur. Return to the heat and cook until the alcohol has burned off.
• Serve 2 slices of toast per person, topped with some of the bananas and their syrup, a dollop of the whipped cream cheese, some fresh berries, and sprinkling of confectioners' sugar, if using. Garnish with mint.

Steps:

• Bananas foster mix: Add all ingredients except 1 banana and thoroughly mix with the hand held blender until it is well combined and uniform.
• Batter: Whip eggs and sugar with a whisk. Add vanilla and whisk until sugar has completely dissolved. Continue to whisk while adding the half-and-half.
• Sauce: In a hot pot over medium heat, melt butter and brown sugar with the vanilla. Wait until butter is completely melted. Remove pan from the heat, add the rum and ignite with a long kitchen match. When the flames die down, add the cream immediately and whisk vigorously until sauce is completely smooth.
• Assembly: Heat some oil in a large saute pan. Stuff 4 quarters of hinged French bread, with the reserved sliced banana, and top with the cream cheese stuffing. Slice the 4 portions of filled bread into 4 diagonal pieces, dip into the batter and pan-fry on all sides until golden brown. Pour the warm rum sauce on a plate. Place the golden pieces of toast on top and garnish with powered sugar.

Steps:

• In a large shallow bowl whisk together milk, eggs, 1 tablespoon rum and 2 teaspoons sugar. Soak bread triangles 30 seconds per side, until well-coated. In a large cast-iron or nonstick skillet melt 2 tablespoons of the butter over medium-low heat. When butter bubbles, carefully transfer brioche triangles to pan and cook 1 to 1 1/2 minutes per side, or until golden brown. Arrange triangles and ice cream decoratively on 4 dessert plates, standing toasts on their edges.
• In another skillet, melt remaining 4 tablespoons butter over medium heat. In a small bowl, toss banana slices with lemon juice and remaining 3 tablespoons sugar. When butter bubbles, add bananas and cook, turning them once, until each side is glazed light brown, about 3 minutes per side. In a small pan warm remaining 1/2 cup rum and pour over bananas. Heat one minute, then carefully light with a long match. Shake pan until flames subside and pour over toasts and ice cream. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar and serve immediately.

Steps:

• Combine the eggs, milk and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon in a bowl and whisk together until well incorporated. Set aside.
• Heat the pan you will be using to make the french toast over Med-Low flame.
• Combine the butter, sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon in a separate flambé pan or skillet. Place the pan over low heat either on an alcohol burner or on top of the stove, and cook, stirring, until the sugar dissolves.
• Stir in the banana liqueur, then place the bananas in the pan. When the banana sections soften and begin to brown, carefully add the rum.
• Continue to cook the sauce until the rum is hot, then tip the pan slightly to ignite the rum.
• Continue to cook the sauce until the rum is hot, then tip the pan slightly to ignite the rum.
• When the flames subside, remove from heat.
• Coat the French Toast pan with about 2 TBSP of oil or butter.
• Generously dip both sided of the French bread in the egg mixture, allowing the bread to soak up and much liquid as possible.
• Place in the skillet with hot oil or butter and cook until browned on both sides, flipping half-way through.
• Repeat this process for all of the French Bread. You can cook as many pieces at a time as will fit in your pan.
• To serve, place two slices of french toast on a plate. Lift the bananas out of the pan and place four pieces over each portion of French Toast. Generously spoon warm sauce over the top of the French toast and serve immediately. Sprinkle with Confectioners Sugar, if desired.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375*, slice bread.
• For batter, whisk eggs, milk, sugar, vanilla and salt.
• Pour into a shallow dish-one that can hold 4 slices, like a casserole.
• Soak bread in batter 1-1 1/2 minutes.
• Then flip slices over and soak 1-1 1/2 minutes more.
• Now, heat an ovenproof skillet over medium heat
• Add oil to the skillet, then add the soaked bread slices.
• Saute on one side until golden brown (about 2-3 minutes).
• Flip the bread over, immediately transfer the skillet to the oven, and bake for 10 minutes.
• The toast will puff up-like a souffle.
• While the French toast is in the oven, make the quick Bananas Foster Syrup.
• Bananas Foster Syrup-----------------.
• In a large saute pan over medium heat, stir together butter, brown sugar, maple syrup, dark rum and cinnamon.
• When Mixture is Syrupy, toss fruit in syrup just till heated through, 1 minute.
• Spoon over French toast and garnish with pecans.

Steps:

• In a hot pot over medium heat, melt butter and brown sugar with the vanilla. Wait until butter is completely melted. Remove pan from the heat, add the rum and ignite with a long kitchen match. When the flames die down, add the cream immediately and whisk vigorously until sauce is completely smooth. Assembly: Heat some oil in a large saute pan. Stuff 4 quarters of hinged French bread, with the reserved sliced banana, and top with the cream cheese stuffing. Slice the 4 portions of filled bread into 4 diagonal pieces, dip into the batter and pan-fry on all sides until golden brown. Pour the warm rum sauce on a plate. Place the golden pieces of toast on top and garnish with powered sugar. This recipe was provided by professional chefs and has been scaled down from a bulk recipe provided by a restaurant. The Food Network Kitchens chefs have not tested this recipe, in the proportions indicated, and therefore, we cannot make any representation as to the results