Matcha French Toast: Brioche Browned in a Skillet

Have four slices of slightly stale brioche left? With about 2 tsp (4 g) matcha in the milk and egg mixture, they make two plates of matcha French toast. Allow 18 minutes, including eight minutes in the skillet.

• Prep 10 minutes
• Cook 8 minutes
• Total 18 minutes
• Yield 2 plates of 2 slices
• Equipment bowl, fine sieve, whisk, deep plate, 10-inch (26 cm) nonstick skillet, spatula, and two plates

For this French toast from our breakfast recipes featuring matcha, choose one-day-old brioche: it soaks up the mixture without falling apart as quickly as a fresh slice.

Ingredients for matcha French toast

• 4 slices of stale brioche, about 1.8 oz (50 g) each
• 1 medium egg, about 1.8 oz (50 g) without shell
• 10 tbsp (150 ml) whole milk
• About 2 tsp (4 g) matcha
• 0.7 oz (20 g) sugar
• 0.7 oz (20 g) unsalted butter, for the skillet

Make the matcha French toast

1. Sift about 2 tsp (4 g) matcha into the bowl.
2. Pour in 4 tsp (20 ml) taken from the 10 tbsp (150 ml) milk and whisk to make a smooth paste.
3. Add the remaining about 1/2 cup (130 ml) milk, the egg, and 0.7 oz (20 g) sugar.
4. Whisk until smooth, then pour the mixture into the deep plate.
5. Heat about 2 tsp (10 g) butter in the skillet over medium heat.
6. Soak two brioche slices for about 30 seconds on each side.
7. Put them in the skillet and cook the first side for two minutes.
8. Turn the slices and cook the second side for two minutes.
9. Add the remaining butter, about 2 tsp (10 g), to the skillet, soak the other two slices for 30 seconds per side, then cook them for two minutes on each side.
10. Put two slices on each plate and serve without waiting.

Dip each side just before setting it in the skillet. Left in the milk too long, brioche can tear when turned. If it browns before the center is warm, lower the heat for the second batch.

Which matcha goes into French toast?

We choose our Essence powder for cooking for this mixture cooked in butter. First mix it with a small amount of milk to avoid clumps on the bread. Cooking it in butter doesn't call for a tea reserved for drinking with water.

French toast or bread pudding: what changes?

French toast keeps each slice whole: soak it, then brown both sides. Bread pudding combines several pieces in an oven dish and is eaten with a spoon. Here, the skillet lets you see each slice brown.

Our tip. Mix the milk, egg, and matcha before heating the skillet. Both batches will get the same tea without the butter burning while you whisk.

Allergens. Wheat, milk, and egg in the brioche and mixture; check the brioche label.