A healthy and delicious breakfast treat that will change the way you eat bread! No more thrown-away stale loaf, no more boring toasties, but a mouth-watering French toast casserole oozing with sweet peach compote that can be made overnight!
Course:
Breakfast
Keyword:
bread, breakfast casserole, french toast, healthy breakfast, peach, summer food
Servings: 4 people
Author: H.P.
Dry ingredients
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1/2
of a loaf of bread
~250gr, sliced
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4
ripe peaches
~450gr
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2
tbsp
chia seeds
~24gr
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1
tsp
ground cinnamon
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¼
tsp
ground ginger
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¼
tsp
ground cardamom
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¼
tsp
salt
Wet ingredients
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Zest and juice (~75mof an orange
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2
egg-substitutes: 1 tbsp (~10gground flax seeds + 80ml milk/water
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360
ml
(~1.5 cunon-dairy milk of choice
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1
tsp
pure vanilla extract
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Oil spray for the casserole
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Optional: 2tbsp (~30mmaple syrup
Topping
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20
gr
slivered almond
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Additional maple syrup or maple-sweetened coconut yogurt
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Optional: chop nuts and dried fruits
The evening before
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Make flax-egg: combine flax meal and milk/water in a cup, stir and let sit for 5 minutes
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Cut peach into wedges
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Spray the casserole with coconut oil
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Layer bread onto the baking dish, sandwiched with 1/2 amount of peach wedges
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Mix all wet ingredient into a milk mixture
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Add flax-egg, which has now thickened into a jelly texture
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Add chia seeds, salt and spices into the wet mix
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Stir well and pour onto the layered baking dish
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Move around so that it is evenly distributed
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Layer the rest of peach wedges on the surface
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Sprinkle with slivered almonds
The next morning
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Preheat the oven to 175C (375F)
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Bake on middle tray for 40 minutes
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Serve warm with maple or mapled-yogurt drizzle and extra chopped nuts.