This is a leisurely breakfast.
This breakfast is like listening to one of your favourite musicians do acoustic cover versions of classic songs. Just relaxed, awesome, totally without stress or tension, and bloody good fun.
It’s french toast, but bumped up a notch. It’s got a spring in its step. Its brioche, soaked in eggs, milk, lemon zest and poppy seeds. Its fried in a little butter, and smothered in raspberry sauce.
The poppy seeds add their characteristic deep, mysterious flavour and the lemon zest does its lemony thang. The raspberries, just heated with some lemon juice and icing sugar, bring the whole thing, mouthwateringly together.
This is what you want to make for breakfast when you’ve got time. On a Sunday when pyjamas well into the afternoon is completely acceptable, and there is no-one in the house who will point out that perhaps you should think about, you know, showering.
This is food for relaxing with. This is a breakfast for happiness and easy mornings and lemon and poppy seed French toast.
The great thing is that you’ll probably have all the bits for this in the house, except maybe the poppy seeds. The raspberries can come out of the freezer, and there is no stale bread that doesn’t french-toast well.
The poppy seeds totally make this for me, though. Just make sure you’ve got someone around who’ll tell you if you have any in your teeth. That’s a good rule for life, actually. Are you dreaming of the weekend, like me?
xx Sarah.
- 2 eggs
- ⅓ cup milk
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 tbsp poppy seeds
- 1 lemon
- 4 slices brioche (or other stale bread)
- 1 cup frozen raspberries
- icing sugar, to taste
- butter, for frying.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, honey, poppy seeds and the zest of the lemon.
- Place the slices of brioche into a shallow dish and pour over the egg mixture. Leave to soak, turning occasionally.
- To make the raspberry sauce, place the raspberries, the juice of half the lemon, and a few teaspoons of icing sugar into a small saucepan and place over a medium heat.
- Cook until the raspberries are warm and pulpy. Taste, and add more sugar if desired. Set aside.
- To cook the french toast, place a large frying pan over a medium low heat, and add a tablespoon or so of butter.
- Once the butter is melted, add the pieces of soaked brioche, and cook slowly for about 2 minutes each side or until golden brown and cooked through.
- Serve warm with the raspberry sauce.
Love the idea of this breakfast. Wishing it was the weekend and I could stay home and make it. Love lazy day breakfasts!
French toast is my ultimate breakfast weakness – I could eat it day or night. Such a brilliant idea to use the wonderful flavor combination of lemon and poppyseed in it!
You totally nailed this recipe. I absolutely adore it!
Me, I am dreaming of the weekend! And I want this!
This looks lovely! I had french toast for breakfast today – it’s the perfect cold weather food.
Brioche and I are best friends. I can only imagine how great this tastes! Yummm!
Um now I’m dreaming of the weekend! I definitely need to make myself some proper french toast when I go home for break. Not the biggest fan of poppy seeds, but I love the other components :).
Oh girl,, yes… this looks amazing. Pinning the heck out of it and making it soonest.
I’m in love with this. For serious. Also, the best styling ever in those pics. I had a serious poppy seed phase recently, where I was wanting to put them on/in everything, but I never thought of french toast…
Oh yes, my mouth would be a hot mess of poppy seeds stuck in my teeth. but it would totally be worth it! This french toast looks amaze-balls. such gorgeous pictures!
Thanks Laura! I would be your seed spotter.
You take the prettiest of pictures!
Yesss, the first photo of this post actually made my tummy grumble. Why isnt this on a plate in front of me?
Yes, yes, yes. Yes and yes. This is what I want to eat for breakfast, every weekend, all the time, forever. Sending this link to my husband….just you know….as a hint. He’s the breakfast chef in our house :)
Nudge nudge, husband.
Great idea for french toast and topping with the jam is beautiful.. Sunday morning breakfasts just became more fun. Pinning this recipe!
Um sorry but could you be any more brilliant?? Every.single.thing you make is totally creative and SO delicious looking!! I’ve been on the hunt for a good lemon poppyseed recipe but hello–how much easier and cuter is this??
OH man, that’s so nice of you to say! *blush*
I love lemon and poppy seeds and this looks absolutely divine! Your photos are really well composed, lots of inspiration! Mel
Hmmmmmmm… so many great ideas you have (and delicious photos too ;) )! I tried this one out for my own birthday breakfast (with one or two little differences). I really enjoyed it!
http://paulaspotsandpans.blogspot.com/2014/06/poppy-seed-brioche-french-toast-with.html
That looks GORGEOUS Paula! That brioche particularly looks absolutely heavenly! Thank you for sharing!