The venerable BLT has always been a good thing to eat while drinking beer, and Salty Vixen Stories & More was craving a French Toast BLT Style, and here is the result! You will love this! The first step is to make savory french toast in the leftover bacon fat. The next step is to make mayonnaise out of that selfsame bacon fat. Did we mention this involves bacon fat? Pair it up with a nice crisp pilsner and you’ve got as tasty a lunch as you’ve ever had.
Recipe: (print the recipe card below)
4 strips thick cut bacon
2 slices brioche
2 eggs
.25 cups milk or buttermilk
About .75 cups olive oil
Lettuce
Sliced tomato
1 tbsp dijon mustard
1 tbsp lemon juice or white vinegar
Salt and pepper
Fry up the bacon until it is crispy and set it aside on a paper towel to absorb excess fat.
In a bowl, whisk together an egg, the milk and several healthy grinds of black pepper. Drop in your brioche slices and flip them over and over until they are totally soaked with the egg mixture. Fry them up in the bacon fat until they are golden brown.
Allow the bacon fat to cool to room temperature, then strain it into a measuring cup. Add enough olive oil to make a cup total. In a bowl, combine an egg yolk and the mustard. Whisk them together until they are fully combined. Slowly start adding your bacon fat/oil mixture, whisking the entire time. Take it slow because if you add too much fat all at once, you will lose your emulsion. Keep adding the oil until it’s all combined and you have a thick mayonnaise. Add the lemon juice or vinegar and whisk it in quickly. Add salt to taste.
On a piece of the French toast, spread some of your bacon mayonnaise. Then add the bacon, tomatoes and lettuce. Top it off with the second piece of french toast. Throw some cheese in there if you want.
French Toast BLT Recipe (Video)
Ingredients
Method
- Fry up the bacon until it is crispy and set it aside on a paper towel to absorb excess fat.
- In a bowl, whisk together an egg, the milk and several healthy grinds of black pepper. Drop in your brioche slices and flip them over and over until they are totally soaked with the egg mixture. Fry them up in the bacon fat until they are golden brown.
- Allow the bacon fat to cool to room temperature, then strain it into a measuring cup. Add enough olive oil to make a cup total. In a bowl, combine an egg yolk and the mustard.
- Whisk them together until they are fully combined. Slowly start adding your bacon fat/oil mixture, whisking the entire time. Take it slow because if you add too much fat all at once, you will lose your emulsion. Keep adding the oil until it’s all combined and you have a thick mayonnaise. Add the lemon juice or vinegar and whisk it in quickly. Add salt to taste.
- On a piece of the French toast, spread some of your bacon mayonnaise. Then add the bacon, tomatoes and lettuce. Top it off with the second piece of french toast. Throw some cheese in there if you want.
