On Sunday mornings, I love having French Toast for breakfast.  Usually, I use wheat or rice bread.  However, I recently happened to have some sourdough French baguette in the kitchen and thought I'd try making french toast with it.

One thing led to another as I eyed the smoked salmon and goat cheese in the frig... et Voilà!  "French Toast To Die For" was born!

FRENCH TOAST TO DIE FOR

(French Toast with Salmon, Goat Cheese & Fresh Basil)

Serves  4-6

Prep Time:  5 minutes

Cook Time:  5-10 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 Sourdough French Baguette
• 1 - 4 ounce Goat Cheese log (Montchevré  or other)
• 5 ounce(s)Smoked Wild Salmon
• 20 Fresh Whole Basil Leaves
• 5 Roma Tomatoes
• 1 cup(s) Capers in vinegar (Optional)*
• 1 cup(s)Milk
• 2 Large Eggs
• 2 tbsp.Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Recipe Instructions:

• Cut French Baguette into 1″ pieces. Set aside.
• Slice smoked salmon into individual pieces. Set aside.
  
• Slice Roma tomatoes into thin slices. Set aside.
  
• In a bowl, pour in milk and beat in two eggs with a fork.
• On the stovetop, over medium heat, pour olive oil into a frying pan.
• Pick up a piece of baguette with a fork and dip into the milk and egg mixture.
  
• Make sure both sides are well coated. Place in the frying pan.
  
• Repeat with all the baguette slices (cooking both sides until golden).
• Place cooked pieces of baguette on a pretty serving plate.
• Spread a generous helping of goat cheese over each baguette piece.
• Place a tomato slice on top of each baguette piece.
• Place a basil leaf on top of the baguette covered with goat cheese.
• Place salmon slice (s) on top of tomato slice.
• Place a few capers on each baguette piece (*Optional)

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