Decadent Pain Perdu (French Toast) with Marc Murphy | The Best Thing I Ever Made | Food Network

"This is the French toast that you've never seen before." - Marc Murphy

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Pain Perdu
RECIPE COURTESY OF MARC MURPHY
Level: Easy
Total: 12 hr 30 min
Prep: 10 min
Inactive: 12 hr
Cook: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

Four 3-inch-thick slices country bread
4 cups heavy cream
1 cup vanilla sugar, plus more for sprinkling
1/2 cup brandy
2 teaspoons kosher salt
9 eggs
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
All-purpose flour, for sprinkling
Powdered sugar, for serving
Maple syrup, for serving

Directions

Place the bread in a large bowl and set aside.

Whisk together the cream, vanilla sugar, brandy, salt and eggs (or use a blender). Pour over the bread. Let it sit for a few minutes, and then turn the bread over to ensure proper absorption. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Heat large oven-proof saute pan over medium-high heat and add the butter. Sprinkle some flour and some vanilla sugar on top of the bread slices. When the foam from the butter subsides, put the soaked bread in the pan and cook on one side, about 5 minutes. Flip the bread and place the pan in the oven until cooked through and custardy in the middle, 10 to 15 minutes.

Serve with powdered sugar and maple syrup.

Cook’s Note
To make vanilla sugar, split a vanilla bean and bury it in 1 cup sugar. Let sit at room temperature for 2 days.

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Decadent Pain Perdu (French Toast) with Marc Murphy | The Best Thing I Ever Made | Food Network

[bygnahzdivad]

That's not breakfast, that's dessert, 🤣🤣🤣.

[steweythecatdog]

That looks fantastic, thank you for sharing 😊❤👍

[rosemarypetrongelli]

How sinfully wonderful. Thanks, will do. OMG

[Passionforfoodrecipes]

Hey, I raise my glass to milk eggs sugar and bread!

What? Never heard a *french toast* before?!

[evernhamanderson]

Think I will sub Amaretto for the Armangac.

[sa]

Doesn’t pain perdu mean lost bread not French toast? I’m learning French, but I swear it doesn’t mean French toast. Wouldn’t it be pain grillé français (French grilled/toasted bread)?

[pamelamarcano-cooper]

This looks delightfully delicious I've never seen any French toast so super scrumptious before... now I have to go make it😍😍😍😋😋😋

[yummysarojo]

I've been starving this whole time and this makes me starving even more😁

[federicozimerman]

These are Masseratis! I just made Chevy Novas😅😅😅

[edwardmcmanus]

Very nice! I make pain perdu a few Sundays every winter and I use crusty French baguette and sometimes inch thick slices of cinnamon Raisin Bread. Bon appetit!😊

[jamiemoll]

That really is the best French Toast I've ever seen! Some strawberries or blueberries would be awesome with that.

[wurstkonig]

the bread is not even brioche, how is this even close to decadent?

[GS-ffdd]

Delicious and decadent but i can only allow myself to eat this ONCE a year😄😄😄.

[stephaniebracey]

I haven't made french toast and or crepes in 20yrs high 🏫 home economic 😋

[ms.chuckfu]

How do I make Bostock? Ideally flavored with orange.

[BearFoodKitchen]

Yummy! I just did a French Toast video, too! They are one of my favorites for breakfast 😋

[zmcg]

You forgot to make the bread stale by leaving it out the day before. This drying allows your custard mixture to soak in deeper.
"Pain Perdu" means "lost bread" because the French used stale bread to make this dish. This step will take this great recipe to the next level.