Breakfast with a traditional Spanish twist as Performance Nutritionist James Hudson shares with us his torrijas recipe. A great, protein-rich start to the day, which tastes like hot cross buns!

ingredients:

  • 1 cup semi-skimmed milk
  • 3 large free range chicken eggs
  • 180g sourdough bread, cut into 4 slices
  • 2 heaped teaspoons honey
  • 1/2 orange - orange zest
  • 1/2 Lemon - lemon zest
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1g cloves (ground)

METHOD:

In a bowl, whisk together the milk, lemon zest, orange zest, ground cinnamon and ground cloves.

Place 4 slices of sourdough bread in to the milk mixture and allow to soak for 5-10 mins, turning every couple of minutes. Don’t leave it too long in the milk mix (ie more than 2-3 mins each side).

Whilst the bread soaks, in a separate bowl whisk the 3 large eggs together.

Get a large frying pan over a medium heat with a spray of oil in and then take a piece of the bread form the milk mixture, toss in the whisked eggs and then into the frying pan.

Repeat this with all of the slices and allow to cook for 2-3 minutes until browned on one side, turn over and allow to cook on the other side for the same length.

Serve immediately with fruit and yogurt. My favourite is sliced orange and vanilla yoghurt!

MACROS: 484 Kcal | 58g Carb | 26g Protein | 15g Fat