Strawberry-miso French toast muffins
Vanilla French toast muffins with soft and creamy centres and golden crisp exterior, studded with miso-marinated strawberries. Just before baking, sprinkle with a little streusel for that touch of luxury!
Servings: 6
Ingredients
For the miso-strawberries:
- ½ tsp white miso
- ½ tsp water
- 1-1½ tsp sugar
- 3 big strawberries or 6 small strawberries
For the French toast muffins
- 5 slices white sandwich bread/brioche
- 3 eggs
- 1 tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tbsp sugar
- Butter for greasing
For the struesel
- 2 tbsp flour
- ½ tbsp sugar
- ½ tbsp butter
Instructions
- Put the miso and water in a mixing bowl and blend them together into a slurry without lumps. Wash and chop the strawberries into chunks then toss them in the miso liquid along with the sugar. If your strawberries are a bit watery and flavourless add more sugar and taste to make sure they are sweet. Set aside to macerate.
- In another mixing bowl, beat the eggs, milk, vanilla and sugar until well combined. Chop the bread into small squares then throw them into the egg-mix, jostle them around so they are totally coated, then - if you're not scared of raw egg - taste a piece just to make sure the flavours are balanced.
- Now's the hard part - the waiting. Leave the bread and strawberries to soak for 30 minutes. It's a long time, yes I agree, but believe me, so worth it!
- Meanwhile, so you can keep yourself busy, make the streusel. This is a really quick streusel: rub the ingredients together with your finger tips until it all resembles fine breadcrumbs.
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan/350°F. Grease 6 holes of a muffin tray.
- Pour the strawberries and all the miso and juice into the bread mixture and gently combine. Use your (clean) hands for this, it's the only way. It will look like a lot of French toast but it will all squeeze into the muffin holes, I promise!
- Divide the bread and strawberries between the muffin holes and squash them together. Top with the streusel then bake for 25-30 minutes until the bread and streusel are lovely and golden. Serve with maple syrup, yoghurt, Nutella, and enjoy your luxury bruncheon.