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French Toast Filled with Strawberry and Istara Ossau-Iraty

Serves 4
Prep: 20 mins
Cook: 10 mins

• 8 thick slices white bread, crusts removed
• 4 tbsps strawberry jam
• 175 g (6 oz) Istara Ossau-Iraty, grated
• 150 g (5 1/2 oz) fresh strawberries, hulled and sliced plus extra to garnish
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 egg yolk
• 100 ml (3 1/2 fl oz) full fat milk
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 2 tbsps caster sugar
• 60 g (2 oz) Président unsalted butter, melted
• 4 tbsps crème fraiche

1. Preheat to oven to 140C/gas mark 1/120C fan oven.  Spread 4 slices of bread with strawberry jam. Then sprinkle each with the cheese and top with a layer of strawberries. Then top each with remaining four slices of bread to make 4 sandwiches.
2. In a shallow bowl, mix together eggs, egg yolk, milk, cinnamon and sugar. Carefully dip each sandwich, one at time, into the bowl of egg mix. Leave to soak for a moment for two and turn over and repeat.
3. Warm a frying pan over medium heat, add a little of the butter and cook until foaming but not brown. Place a sandwich in the frying pan and cook for 3-4 mins until golden brown, turning once. As each one is cooked place each of them into oven to keep warm. Repeat with remaining sandwiches and butter.
4. Serve each sandwich with a dollop of crème fraiche and a strawberry.