Tricks to make the best Torrijas

Torrijas may be a sweet tooth lover's favorite dessert and they are certainly fantastic. They have a juiciness that invites our palate and a traditional flavor that fascinates almost everyone who tries it. In our French toast section we invite you to discover the best tricks to make some simple torrijas, in case on some occasion you have not found its formula.

This delicacy is prepared in the traditional way, with its milk, cinnamon, aroma of citrus and with an egg batter. But there are still those who want to go further and try to make fascinating versions, without leaving aside the basic way of how it is done. We invite you to find out what we have in our recipe book and how to make perfect French toast with a few simple steps.

The bread of the torrijas

It is the star part of this dish. The key is in use special bread It will almost always take strong, weak wheat flour, sugar, salt, special baker's yeast, milk, butter and water.

Act quickly. knead it firmly and dedicating time to it, but with our robot this process can be surpassed. In the end, there must be a dough that is easy to remove from the hands, its texture cannot be too hard or too sticky. Here we leave you three of our recipes.

If we don't want to spend so much time making the bread, now we have pa special for torrijas available in many stores. Generally, traditional bread has always been used, but now we have a special dough for this dessert. Why is it so special? Because it has a thin crust and the crumb is firmer and denser, like candeal bread, so that it is more resistant when put into the milk.

Steps to prepare the torrijas

First you have to prepare the milk It must be infused by heating it with some spice, generally cinnamon, the peel of an orange or lemon, or with a vanilla pod, this is up to the consumer's taste. just have to leave it boil, just 1 or 2 minutes.

• Then it is removed from the fire sugar is poured so that it can dissolve better and let it cool.
• We cut the slices of bread to put them to soak in the milk. You can't soak the bread with hot milk, you have to do it with cold milk. If we do it with hot milk, we run the risk of the bread being too soft, even falling apart.

How long do you have to leave them to soak? The ideal is to leave them a few 30 minutes in milk, about 15 minutes on each side. This step will make them super juicy and creamy.

• After this step, it is time to drain them It's best to leave them on a rack so that they release excess milk.
• Now drained, it's time to coat them, we will pass them through flour and beaten egg and we will fry them in abundant hot oil. It is important that they are well drained so that the milk does not mix with the egg and to be able to fry them much better.
• The oil that is recommended for frying them is sunflower oil, since its flavor is much more neutral, although the idea of ​​the oil is for tastes. The olive oil will highlight its flavor more when frying the French toast and will disguise the authentic flavor of the French toast.
• The temperature of the oil must be very hot, as in all frying. If they are fried with sunflower oil, it is convenient to reach a temperature of 170°, since it is a less stable oil. Olive oil can be kept at 180°.

If you are going to fry a lot of French toast, you have to take into account discard the oil every few batches. More or less, every 16 to 18 torrijas an oil change has to be made so that they do not take on another flavor. In addition, it is necessary to take into account to remove the remains of egg or flour that remain with the help of a slotted spoon. In this case, if there are too many remains, you can strain the oil and pour it into another pan and continue using it.

Just have to fry the torrijas in no time, just enough for the egg to brown, we calculate that one minute on each side. It is also not necessary to fill the pan with many French toasts at the same time, so that the oil does not cool down. When we take them out of the oil, we can leave them on a plate with absorbent paper.

How should the torrijas be served?

The French toasts can be served as is, if you do not want to abuse sugar. But if you want to serve them with something sweet, we suggest plain sugar, sugar mixed with cinnamon or use a syrup like honey. It is better to add it when they are freshly fried. And to enjoy!

These are some of our fabulous French toast that we have in our recipe book, do not lose detail: