Italian Snacks and Light Meals Recipes - Fried Vanilla Bread (Pane con Vaniglia) Recipe

 

Ingredients

• 150 ml/2/3 cup milk

• 45 ml/3 tbsp sugar

• 8 slices bread

• 2 eggs, beaten

• 10 ml/2 tsp vanilla essence (extract)

• 75 g/3 oz/1/3 cup butter

• A little icing (confectioners') sugar

• Fresh apricots, to serve

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Method:

1. Pour the milk and sugar into a bowl and stir. Add the bread and allow to soak for 10 minutes.

2. Beat the eggs and vanilla together in a shallow dish. Carefully remove the slices from the milk and transfer to the egg mixture.

3. Heat the butter in a frying pan (skillet) and fry (sauté) each slice of bread until brown on both sides.

4. Dust with icing sugar if desired and serve with fresh apricots.