Shelly's Recipe

STRAWBERRY, BANANA AND CREAM CHEESE STUFFED FRENCH TOAST

Category: French Toast

1 quart fresh strawberries
3 ripe bananas
2 tbsp strawberry jam
1 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese, softened to room temperature
2 loaves wide French bread
1 dozen eggs
3 cups milk (at least 2% fat)
2 tsp vanilla
1 stick butter
1 bag frozen strawberries
1/2 cup sugar
Confectioners sugar
1 pint blueberries

Chop strawberries and bananas, and cream them together with strawberry jam and cream cheese. Cut bread into 1 1/2-inch-thick slices. Cut a pocket into the bread, but do not cut through the crust on the bottom. Stuff with the filling.

Mix the eggs, milk and vanilla in a bowl that is not too deep, so the bread does not get soggy. Then, using tongs, take the stuffed bread and put one side at a time into the egg mixture. Fry in a few pats of melted butter until brown. Stack the toast in a glass dish and keep warm in the oven until youre finished with the servings you need.

In a blender, liquefy 2 cups of frozen strawberries, 1/2 cup sugar and a little water to make a thick syrup. Put one piece of the French toast on a plate. Top with the strawberry sauce. Sprinkle on confectioners sugar and scatter fresh blueberries around the plate. Serve at once. Serves 9