French toast with brioche bread

Almond and citrus brioche slices

What is better than French toast on a lazy weekend morning – french toast with brioche bread! Very Thomas Keller-ish. We recently got this fabulous brioche bread from our local farmer’s market (thanks Acme) – made with almond bits, candied citrus and orange blossom water.  We took a low fat french toast recipe from Sally Schneider’s “New Way of Cooking” and applied that to the brioche – and wow! what a fantastically soft custard like French toast emerged.

A taste of London and Paris

Brioche with marmalade

A slice of brioche with a drizzle of Seville orange marmalade…..

Local citrus growers have started bringing their Seville oranges to markets now. Made a batch of marmalade this spring following David Lebovitz‘s recipe. We did only one alteration – removed the white pith from the rind before chopping them up. Result – absolutely the best Seville orange marmalade ever. And I am glad we canned the batch – if used in moderation, this should last us the year.

The Brioche was from Acme stand at Mountain View Farmer’s market – a citrus and almond brioche with candied orange and lemon peel and orange blossom water.