Cornflaked French Toast With Rum Sauce

• Crusted french toast
• 1/2 cup cornflakes, crushed
• 1/2 cup dessicated coconut/coconut flakes
• 1/2 cup pecans, crushed
• 2 eggs (or egg whites)
• 100ml Milk
• 3 tablespoons maple syrup
• 1 tablespoon of water, room temperature
• Pinch of salt
• 1/2 a teaspoon cinnamon or vanilla powder (to taste)
• 4-6 slices (wholemeal) sandwich bread (optional to cut into triangles)
• Butter, to fry
• Cooking oil, to fry
• Rum sauce, recipe below
• Creme Fraiche, to serve
• Fresh fruit eg bananas, strawberries, pineapple
• Rum sauce
• 1 fresh red chilli, deseeded and minced
• 100ml dark rum
• 4 tablespoons brown sugar
• 50ml water

1. Mix the ingredients for the crust together - cornflakes, dessicated coconut, pecans and set in a wideish plate, so you can dip the eggy bread in with ease.
2. Put the eggs (whites) into a wide, flat-bottomed bowl or plate and add the milk, maple syrup, water, salt and cinnamon or vanilla powder. Whisk/mix till well combined
3. Put a pan to heat up on low-medium. While it heats up, set up the conveyor belt: bread, egg mix and crust mix. First dip one side of bread in egg mixture and turn so other side is coated and both sides are egg-soaked, then dip eggy bread in crust mix, again turning both sides so they are well crusted.
4. By now, the pan should be hot - add a little (about a teaspoon) butter and let it brown till it gives off a fantastic toffee aroma - please don't let it burn. Then add a little cooking oil(about a teaspoon).
5. Place the bread in and let brown on both sides, about 2/3 minutes each on low-medium heat, allowing it to cook well
6. Serve warm with sliced bananas and strawberries and a quenelle of cold creme fraiche (a must!)
7. Put water in a saucepan and bring to the boil.
8. Mix in brown sugar, minced chilli and rum. Heat on medium high, stirring until sugar has dissolved. {Be careful as this can flambe....}
9. Turn off heat and serve with French Toast

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Taken from food52.com/recipes/4599-cornflaked-french-toast-with-rum-sauce (may not work)