Cream-Soaked White Bread with Maple Sugar

(Beurree de Creme avec Sucre d'Érable)

Maple sugar grated from a hard block gives this simple dessert its sweet crunch, and thick, heavy cream gives it its lush pillowiness. In La Beauce, cream tends to be particularly rich; to make regular supermarket cream more substantial, we've whipped it a little bit.

  • Serves

    serves 4

Ingredients

  • 34 cup heavy cream
  • 4 thick slices of hearty white country bread
  • 4 tbsp. coarsely grated maple sugar

Instructions

Step 1

Put cream into a medium bowl, and whisk until slightly thickened. Pour 1⁄4 cup of the cream over each slice of bread. Sprinkle 1 tbsp. of the maple sugar over the cream. Serve immediately.
  1. Put cream into a medium bowl, and whisk until slightly thickened. Pour 1⁄4 cup of the cream over each slice of bread. Sprinkle 1 tbsp. of the maple sugar over the cream. Serve immediately.
Recipes

Cream-Soaked White Bread with Maple Sugar

  • Serves

    serves 4

(Beurree de Creme avec Sucre d'Érable)

Maple sugar grated from a hard block gives this simple dessert its sweet crunch, and thick, heavy cream gives it its lush pillowiness. In La Beauce, cream tends to be particularly rich; to make regular supermarket cream more substantial, we've whipped it a little bit.

Ingredients

  • 34 cup heavy cream
  • 4 thick slices of hearty white country bread
  • 4 tbsp. coarsely grated maple sugar

Instructions

Step 1

Put cream into a medium bowl, and whisk until slightly thickened. Pour 1⁄4 cup of the cream over each slice of bread. Sprinkle 1 tbsp. of the maple sugar over the cream. Serve immediately.
  1. Put cream into a medium bowl, and whisk until slightly thickened. Pour 1⁄4 cup of the cream over each slice of bread. Sprinkle 1 tbsp. of the maple sugar over the cream. Serve immediately.

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