PAIN PERDU WITH ROASTED FRUITS AND GLAZED ALMOND SABAYON
PAIN PERDU WITH ROASTED FRUITS AND GLAZED ALMOND SABAYON
PAIN PERDU WITH ROASTED FRUITS AND GLAZED ALMOND SABAYON

Ingredients
  • 1 orange
  • juice only
  • 1 vanilla pod
  • seeds only
  • 150g/5½oz caster sugar
  • 2 white peaches
  • pitted and cut into wedges
  • 150g/5½oz raspberries
  • 3 free-range eggs and 1 free-range yolk
  • beaten
  • 75g/2½oz salted butter
  • 2 slices fruit bread or brioche
  • 1–2 drops almond essence
  • 4 free-range egg yolks
  • 50g/1¾oz caster sugar
  • 3 tbsp dark rum
Directions
  • Heat the orange juice
  • half the vanilla pod and most of the sugar in a saucepan to make a syrup. Add the peaches
  • remove from the heat after a few minutes and add the raspberries. Set aside.
  • To make the sabayon
  • place a glass bowl over a saucepan of barely simmering water. Add all the ingredients and whisk continuously
  • until pale and thick. Remove the bowl from the heat and whisk the mixture until cool.
  • To make the pain perdu
  • mix the eggs and egg yolk with the other half of the vanilla seeds. Add the bread slices and soak for 2 minutes.
  • Melt the butter in a large frying pan. When foaming
  • add the soaked bread and fry until golden on both sides. Sprinkle with sugar.
  • Top the pain perdu with the fruits and spoon over the sabayon. Glaze with a blow torch and serve.