Name: Chocolate and banana french toasties
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 small unsliced loaf white bread, ends trimmed; 2/3 cup (220g) chocolate hazelnut spread; 3 small ripe bananas, thinly sliced; 2 eggs, at room temperature; 3/4 cup (180ml) skim milk; 50 gram unsalted butter, chopped; icing sugar, to dust

Chocolate and banana french toasties

A quick and easy light meal or snack for little people ... who might also be persuaded to help in the kitchen for this one!

Serves 4

Prep

15M

Cook

10M

Total

25M

Ingredients

1 small unsliced loaf white bread, ends trimmed

2/3 cup (220g) chocolate hazelnut spread

3 small ripe bananas, thinly sliced

2 eggs, at room temperature

3/4 cup (180ml) skim milk

50 gram unsalted butter, chopped

icing sugar, to dust

Method

1.Cut 4 x 3cm-thick slices from bread (reserve leftover bread for another use). Cut a deep pocket into one side of each piece of bread (not all the way through). Spread pockets with chocolate spread. Fill with banana.

2.Whisk eggs and milk in a shallow bowl.

3.Melt 20g of butter in a small frying pan on medium heat. Dip a filled piece of bread into milk mixture and turn to coat. Cook for l-2 minutes each side, until golden brown and heated through. Transfer to a plate. Cut in half diagonally.

4.Repeat with remaining sandwiches and milk mixture, reheating pan and melting remaining butter between each toastie when necessary. Dust toasties with icing sugar and serve.

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