While you don’t need an excuse to make French toast, I have one for you anyway ... All you need is: an unsliced loaf of bread, an egg, some milk or cream, and some fillings.

Whisk the egg, Parmesan, paprika ... The white sourdough bread I keep in the house is a modest-sized loaf. If you happen to have a huge loaf of bread use just one slice and halve it.

Slices of bread are soaked throughly in beaten eggs. If serving as a sweet dish, milk, sugar, vanilla or cinnamon can be added to the eggs or if serving as a savoury dish, season with salt and pepper.

To make basic French toast, you need the following ingredients: Once you have all of your ingredients gathered, begin by ...

Meanwhile, make a slice of toast. Cut off the crusts, butter the toast and pop it onto a hot plate. Lift out the poached egg or eggs on a perforated spoon; drain and place on top of the toast.