Poor Knight with Hazelnuts

Summary

Ingredients

• 4 rolls, stale
• 300 ml milk
• 3 egg yolks
• 3 tablespoons brandy, or rum flavoring to taste
• 2 tablespoon sugar
• 3 egg whites
• 100 g hazelnuts, round
• Clarified butter, for baking

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Instructions

1. Cut the rolls into 2cm thick slices. Mix the milk with the egg yolk, brandy or rum flavor and sugar. Place the bread rolls in a bowl, pour the milk mixture over them and leave to soak.
2. Lightly beat the egg whites with a fork. Turn the bread rolls in egg white and hazelnuts and fry them brown in clarified butter.
3. It tastes even better with slices of a yeast plait.
4. This goes well with vanilla sauce, cinnamon sugar or compote.