Chamomile Toast Crunch
- 1 cup half-and-half
- 1/4 ounce dried chamomile
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 stick unsalted butter, softened
- 4 thick slices of bakery white bread
- Sugar
- Warm half-and-half almost to a simmer.
- Turn off the heat and add chamomile.
- Steep, covered, for 10 minutes, then strain.
- Sweeten with condensed milk to taste.
- Spread 2 tablespoons of butter on each slice of bread.
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- Toast or bake the buttered bread until the edges are lightly browned.
- Dip each piece of toast in sugar, then sprinkle on a bit more to coat evenly.
- Torch the sugared toast on a metal rack set over a pan.
- Keep the torch nozzle 2 to 3 inches from the toast, and move it across the surface of the bread.
- Tip your pan to coax melted sugar toward unmelted sugar.
- Avoid torching the edges, because unsugared bread can ignite.
- If you're torchless or timid, use the broiler instead of a torch.
- Serve bruleed toast in a hefty puddle of sweet chamomile milk.
chamomile, condensed milk, unsalted butter, white bread, sugar
Taken from www.foodandwine.com/recipes/chamomile-toast-crunch (may not work)