stuffed french toast with sweet marscapone cheese on fresh brioche!

we really do love breakfast so much in our house!

i woke up this morning craving something sweet, so while my hubby was sleeping in (after a long night at work), i walked to the reading terminal to buy some ingredients. 

this recipe makes 4 slices of french toast

first, i bought fresh brioche bread from the artisan bakery, Metropolitan Bakery.

then, i bought some farm fresh eggs, cream and chocolate milk (for the husband) i decided i was going to make stuffed french toast, so i needed to find soft cheese.  i went to downtown cheese and it was suggested that i use marscapone. on my way out, i passed one of the amish stands and grabbed a container of pumpkin butter.

the end result was: pumpkin french toast stuffed with sweet marscapone and pumpkin butter and plain french toast stuffed with sweet marscapone and berries

french toast (pumpkin)

4 eggs

1/2c heavy cream

cinnamon

2tbsp pumpkin butter (add for pumpkin french toast)

1. scramble all ingredients together

2. soak brioche bread and flip to the other side once fully saturated

3. heat non stick skillet on medium heat and melt butter

4. fry until golden brown on each side

sweet marscapone filling

1/4c marscapone cheese

1/4c cream cheese

powdered sugar to taste

1. whip with a hand blender until cheeses and sugar are mixed thoroughly. set aside

berry mixture

1/2tbsp butter

5 large strawberries, sliced

5 blackberries

3tbsp water

1. heat a small skillet and melt butter

2. add berries and water and cook on medium heat until the water reduces and the berries begin to melt

to prepare the french toast:

slice each piece of french toast in half. for the pumpkin french toast, smear one half of french toast with pumpkin butter and the other side with the sweet marscapone cheese filling, and place together like a sandwich.

for the plain french toast, smear one side of french toast with sweet marscapone cheese filling and, on the other, pour some of the berry mixture over the piece of toast. place together like a sandwich.

 

sprinkle with powdered sugar and maple syrup.