Classic Spanish Torrijas

Name: Classic Spanish Torrijas
Total time: 12600 s
Yield: Serves 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 loaf French bread or baguette; 8 1/2 cups milk (2 liters); Vegetable oil (for frying); Cinnamon; Sugar; Orange or lemon peel; 6 eggs

Barbara Fernandez @barbyrabanal

The traditional ones that never disappoint.

Barbara Fernandez @barbyrabanal

The traditional ones that never disappoint.

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Ingredients

3 hours 30 minutes

Serves 6 servings

1 loafFrench bread or baguette
8 1/2 cupsmilk (2 liters)
Vegetable oil (for frying)
Cinnamon
Sugar
Orange or lemon peel
6eggs

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Steps

3 hours 30 minutes

1

Heat about 8 1/2 cups milk (2 liters), depending on how much bread you use, with a cinnamon stick, a strip of lemon or orange peel (without the white part), and 2 tablespoons of sugar. Stir, and just before it starts to boil, remove from heat. If you don't have a cinnamon stick, you can use ground cinnamon.
2

Let the milk cool slightly, then pour it into shallow trays. Soak the bread slices in the milk for at least 2 hours—the longer, the better.
3

Beat 3 eggs. Heat vegetable oil in a skillet. When the oil is hot, dip the milk-soaked bread slices in the beaten egg, then fry them in the skillet over medium-high heat, turning until golden on both sides.
4

Remove the torrijas and place them on paper towels to absorb excess oil. Then coat them in a mixture of sugar and cinnamon. Enjoy!