Spanish toast

The toast is a typical sweet celebrations of Lent and Easter in Spain. Is documented in the fifteenth century as a dish suitable for the recovery of parturients. Between the nineteenth and twentieth century used to serve in the Spanish taverns with a glass of sweet wine.

ingredients:

- 750 gr of sliced ​​bread.

- 1 liter of milk.

- 100 grams of sugar.

- 2 cinnamon sticks.

- Olive Oil.

- 1 beaten egg.

- Icing sugar and cinnamon.

Preparation:

- Heat the milk with cinnamon sticks and sugar. Once the milk is hot put let cool.

- We dip the bread slices in milk, drain and dip in the beaten egg.

- We put them to fry in a pan with plenty of olive oil.

- Once fried, put them on paper towels to remove excess oil and oil and sprinkle sugar on top.