Torrijas
6 Min.
Torrijas are a spanish dessert traditionally eaten during the Holy Week (Easter). It is said they were first cooked using the leftovers from the Lent.
Zutaten
- to taste dried bread (or torrijas bread)
- 2 cup milk to soak the bread
- 2 eggs to coat the bread
- to taste cinnamon
- to taste grated lemon rind
- to taste sugar
- to taste olive oil
Zubereitung
- Mull the milk with cinnamon and a bit of sugar (not too much, the milk is already sweet). Add the lemon rind if you want.
- Cool down the milk.
- While the milk is cooling, beat the eggs and heat up half a pan of olive oil.
- Cut the dry bread in slices. Soak it in the milk.
- Coat the bread soaking it in the beaten eggs.
- Fry the soaked & coated bread with the heated oil.
- Optionally sprinkle some sugar onto the Torrijas.
- Enjoy when they are cooled down. Don't eat too much, it won't be easy resisting!
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