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Mascarpone Stuffed French Toast Fritters

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Mascarpone Stuffed French Toast Fritters

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  • This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best French Toast
  • A&M's Testing Notes:

    The mascarpone stuffing is creamy and lovely, a bit sweet and orange-scented. The final dish is tasty and rich, perfect for serving at a brunch party. - Emily

  • Chef

    dawnviola's Notes: Is it French toast; is it a sweet grilled cheese; is it a Monte Cristo, is it a fritter? I suppose it could be all four depending on how far you want to bend culinary classifications: Italian...

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Serves 4

  1. Preheat oven to warm (200 F degrees)

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  2. In a small sauce pan, heat the maple syrup with scraped vanilla bean on low. Do not boil.

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  3. Make the batter: In a pie dish, whisk together the eggs, cream, zest, vanilla bean seeds and sugar. Set aside

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  4. Make the filling: In a bowl, combine Mascarpone, powdered sugar, orange juice concentrate, Amaretto liquor, zest and vanilla bean seeds. Set aside.

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  5. Make the fritters: Cut the crust off the slices of bread. Lay 4 of the bread slices on a baking sheet, in a row. Add 1/4 of the Mascarpone mixture to each slice of bread. Top with other slice of bread to make a sandwich. Heat a nonstick skillet on medium-low heat. Add 2 tablespoons of butter and coat entire pan. Working quickly, dip all sides of each sandwich in the egg mixture to coat. Add each sandwich to the pan and cook until golden. Adjust heat as needed to brown, but prevent burning. When the first side is golden, flip the sandwich. Add more butter to the pan if needed for browning. Remove any sandwiches from the heat that may have finished browning before the others, place on a baking sheet and slide into a warm oven until the other sandwiches are ready. Dust with powdered sugar. Serve with citrus wedges and warm vanilla maple syrup for dunking.

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5 Comments on Mascarpone Stuffed French Toast Fritters

Photo_squirrel Reply

This looks just TERRible and I want it all for MYSELF!! brilliant. thx so much!

Profilepic Reply

I'm thinking lazy, indulgent, Saturday morning breakfast. Wowza does this look good.

Copy_of_me Reply

Lovely, Rich, Grand, Excellent…Superb!!!

Lobster_001 Reply

I can't wait to make this on Sunday morning! Yum!

Wedding_pictures_162 Reply

yum

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