I thought I would give it a "fancy" name, but what I am saying in English is here is French Toast with Nutella filling.
What?
Several nights ago I made French toast with my left over rustic bread, then I spread Nutella (my only vice-ha!) over one slice and then topped it with another to make the best sandwich ever. I served it with a vanilla, cinnamon and cayenne spiced yogurt. Well, what I really made for dinner was a dessert, but once in awhile, why not?
Okay, what is Nutella, you may ask?
1. A spreadable mix of roasted hazelnuts, skim milk and chocolate.
2. Originated in Italy in the 1940's during WWII while chocolate was scarce but hazelnuts were not.
3. Expensive (unless you purchase it from Gordon Foods or Cosco)
4. Regardless of the cost, it is worth it.
5. I am completely addicted, and you should be too.
To tell you the truth, I originally didn't understand what the big deal was. And then I tried it. Then I tried it again. Suddenly, I was going through a small jar once a week. Now I buy the super sized version of this marvelous jar of goodness and try to limit myself to eating it once a day.
Perhaps I need to write an ode. No, that would take valuable time away from consuming my favorite snack...then again, it would give me an excuse to eat more of it...?
Anyway, perhaps you should try some and see what you think while I contemplate my ode. I would recommend you first try some on fresh crusty bread that has been slightly warmed. This is still my favorite way to have Nutella. You may wish to melt some (never place jar in microwave; the seal is metal, and if you have any remaining on the jar, there may be sparks in your oven), then pour it over ice cream. Use it as a filling in crepes. And when you finish the jar, dump in some vanilla yogurt and scrape away anything that was stuck to the sides of the bottle. Seriously.
As for the French Toast, I really just made a regular custard base with eggs and vanilla soy milk (heavy cream, 1/2&1/2 or milk work well too, but then add your vanilla). Make sure you have enough eggs for the amount of milk. I go by looks. It needs to be more yellow than off-white. Sprinkle in some cinnamon. Soak your bread, flip it over, soak some more, pull it out, place on a hot skillet, cook until toasty, flip, cook again until toasty, remove, spread on Nutella, place another slice on top, slice into triangles, sprinkle 10x on top, dip into yogurt sauce, and finally, consume. Phew, I need to take a breath. So, did you get all that?
Yogurt Sauce. This was so good. I was a little concerned my 6-year old wouldn't like it since it had some zip to it, but she loved it (unfortunately she doesn't usually share her mother's love for spicy hot food). I was inspired to use flavors of Mexican chocolate. Make sure you measure accurately (I jest).
Vanilla yogurt: 6 oz or whatever
Vietnamese cinnamon: to taste
Cayenne Pepper: to taste, but less than the cinnamon
Mix together.
Like I said, this dinner should have been a dessert, and next time I will serve it as such.
Here, visit http://www.nutellausa.com/index.html for more information AND for a $1.00 coupon.
*And for those who are curious, the first translation is French, the second is Italian. The translations come from a google website specializing in such things.
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