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diff --git a/content/torrijas.md b/content/torrijas.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bf378ec --- /dev/null +++ b/content/torrijas.md @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +--- +title: "Torrijas" +date: 2021-03-30 +tags: ['spanish', 'dessert', 'quick', 'easter'] +author: danoloan +--- + + + +Torrijas are a spanish dessert traditionally eaten during the Holy Week (Easter). +It is said they were first cooked using the leftovers from the Lent. + +- ⏲️ Prep time: 1 min +- 🍳 Cook time: 5 min + +## Ingredients + +- Dried bread (or Torrijas bread). Must be bread from a regular loaf, not from a tin loaf. +- Milk (to soak the bread, 2 cups per 16 torrijas approx.) +- Eggs (to coat the bread, 2 eggs per 16 torrijas approx.) +- Cinnamon +- Grated lemon rind (optional) +- Sugar +- Olive oil + +## Directions + +1. Mull the milk with cinnamon and a bit of sugar (not too much, the milk is already sweet). Add the lemon rind if you want. +2. Cool down the milk. +3. While the milk is cooling, beat the eggs and heat up half a pan of olive oil. +4. Cut the dry bread in slices. Soak it in the milk. +5. Coat the bread soaking it in the beaten eggs. +6. Fry the soaked & coated bread with the heated oil. +7. Optionally sprinkle some sugar onto the Torrijas. +8. Enjoy when they are cooled down. Don't eat too much, it won't be easy resisting! |