Chocolate Brioche Pain Perdu
Make Mom feel the love with this decadent dish. Host the perfect Mother’s Day Brunch with this lovely Chocolate Brioche Pain Perdu.
Chocolate Brioche Pain Perdu
Chocolate Brioche Pain Perdu
Recipe Type: Brunch
Cuisine: French
Author:
Serves: 8
Ingredients
- [b]Pain Perdu Custard:[/b]
- 4 cups milk
- 4 each eggs
- 4 each yolks
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 1 each vanilla bean or 3 tablespoons vanilla extract[br][br]
- [b]Sautéed Bananas (optional):[/b]
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 4 each bananas, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
- 2 tablespoons Meyers Rum (optional)[br][br]
- [b]Brioche[/b]
- 2 Brioche loaves sliced into 16 1/2-inch slices
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 4 tablespoons butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Soak each slice (2 per serving) in the custard for 1 minute and use the two pieces to make a sandwich, sprinkling about 1 tablespoon chocolate chips in between. Press the two slices together. Freeze solid.
- Heat the butter in a sauté pan. When the butter has almost reached the brown butter stage, add the honey.
- Take the frozen brioche slices and cook each side, making sure that they take a good color.
- Remove from the pan and place on a sheet tray with parchment paper and repeat as necessary, cleaning the pan each time.
- When all pieces are cooked, place in the preheated oven and bake for approx. 10 minutes, or until cooked all the way through.
- Set aside the brioche and re-warm in the oven before serving.
- Place the re-warmed brioche on a plate.
- Sautée the bananas and place over brioche.
- Dust with powdered sugar and serve,
Thanks to Payard for submitting this divine recipe!
