Blueberry Ricotta Stuffed French Toast Recipe

This blueberry ricotta stuffed French toast recipe makes the brunch of dreams if you're a sweet brunch fan.

Super easy to make, blueberry ricotta stuffed French toast is basically a sandwich of bread, sweetened ricotta and fresh blueberries, dipped in an egg mixture and fried. Yum.

For this stuffed French toast recipe, the egg batter is flavoured with a little sugar and vanilla, resulting in a custard-like mixture.

You can use any soft fruits in place of blueberries (e.g. strawberries, raspberries, chopped peaches etc), but there's something particularly brunch-y about blueberries.

As with any kind of French toast recipe, using bread that's a little on the old, dry side is best, because it soaks up the egg mixture more easily. And the more egg mixture it soaks up, the most creamy and custardy the end result is.

You can also watch me make this on my YouTube channel, Tashcakes:

Ready? Let's go.

Ingredients:

100g ricotta cheese
1 tbsp caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
A handful of blueberries
1 egg
75ml milk
1 tbsp caster sugar
2 slices bread (preferably shokupan/tangzhong milk bread or brioche, and preferably a bit stale and dry)
Vegetable oil (for frying)

Method:

1. Stir the ricotta, sugar and vanilla together until smooth, and stir in the blueberries.

2. Sandwich half in between two slices of bread, and the other half in the other two slices of bread. Press your sandwiches down gently but firmly to seal, making sure the filling doesn't squidge out of the edges.

3. In a large dish, whisk together the eggs, milk and sugar together. Dip one side of both your sandwiches in the egg mixture, flip over and leave to soak for a couple of minutes. Flip over and soak for a couple more minutes.

4. Heat a little vegetable oil in a frying pan on a medium heat, and cook your ricotta stuffed French toast sandwiches for about four minutes on each side, or until golden brown.

5. Serve warm, with a little extra drizzle of honey or maple syrup if you like.

Enjoy, and have fun.