Chocolate French toast with orange maple

Name: Chocolate French toast with orange maple
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 navel orange; 1/2 cup maple syrup; 3 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder; 3 tbsp sugar; Baking powder; Salt; 1 cup whole milk; 3 eggs; 6-8 slices bread (ideally thick-sliced)

Robert Gonzal @robert

Vancouver BC

I felt like making a special treat for this morning's breakfast. And when I think of treats around Christmas time, my mind goes to Terry's Chocolate Orange. My wife introduced me to Terry's early in our dating life, and it's been a traditional stocking stuffer for our family ever since. To approximate the flavour, I put a little cocoa powder into my usual French toast batter, then added some orange zest and juice to maple syrup. A dollop of freshly whipped cream and a sprig of mint would've finished it off perfectly, but unfortunately I had neither. Definitely next time.

Robert Gonzal @robert

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Ingredients

20 minutes

3 servings

1navel orange
1/2 cupmaple syrup
3 tbspunsweetened cocoa powder
3 tbspsugar
Baking powder
Salt
1 cupwhole milk
3eggs
6-8 slicesbread (ideally thick-sliced)

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Steps

20 minutes

1

Use a microplane to grate the orange rind into the maple syrup. Squeeze in a few tbsp of the juice, stir, then refrigerate.
2

In a medium bowl, mix together the cocoa powder, sugar, a teeny pinch of baking powder, and a pinch of salt. Try to break up any lumps. Add half the milk and whisk to combine. Add the rest of the milk as well as the eggs and whisk until you have a smooth batter.
3

Put a large nonstick pan on medium-low heat. Add a tbsp butter and let it melt. Dip a couple of slices of bread into the batter and let them soak 2 or 3 seconds on each side, then lay them into the pan. Fry for 3 to 5 minutes per side until the bread is lightly crisped and no longer soggy. Repeat for the remaining slices. Serve the toast immediately with a drizzle of the orange maple.