- 30 mins
- 60 mins
Ingredients
- Blackberry-Caramel:
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup blackberry puree
- 2 teaspoons blackberry liqueur
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- French Toast:
- 4 large eggs
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon fine salt
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 3/4 cups whole milk, plus more if needed
- 1/2 cup heavy cream, divided
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon dark rum
- 8 slices day old challah, sliced 1/2-inch thick
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 cups mascarpone, at room temperature
- 1 pint blackberries, halved lengthwise
- Confectioners' sugar
- Fresh mint sprigs, for garnish
Preparation
Step 1
Blackberry-Caramel:
Heat the cream in a small saucepan over low heat.
Combine sugar and water in a small saucepan over high heat and cook, without stirring, until amber brown, about 8 minutes.
Slowly whisk in the warm cream, blackberry puree and liqueur and cook until smooth and slightly thickened, about 2 minutes.
Remove from the heat and whisk in the vanilla extract. Let come to room temperature.
French Toast:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Put a baking sheet in the oven.
Whisk together the eggs, sugar and salt in a large baking dish until smooth.
Add the pumpkin puree, ground spices, milk, 1/4 cup of the heavy cream, vanilla and rum and whisk until smooth.
Put 4 slices of the bread in the custard mixture and let sit for 2 minutes.
Carefully turn over the slices and let sit until the bread is completely soaked through, about 2 more minutes.
While the bread is soaking, heat 3 tablespoons of the butter and 1 tablespoon of the oil in a large pan over medium-high heat until the mixture begins to sizzle.
Cook the 4 slices of the bread until golden brown on the bottom, about 2 to 3 minutes.
Flip over and continue cooking until the bottom is golden brown, about 2 minutes longer.
Remove to the baking sheet in the oven to keep warm.
Wipe out the pan with paper towels and repeat the process with the butter, oil and remaining 4 pieces of bread.
Combine the mascarpone and remaining 1/4 cup of heavy cream in a bowl and using a stand mixer or hand-held mixer, beat until fluffy and smooth.
Scrape the mixture into a bowl and fold in a few tablespoons of the blackberry-caramel sauce.
Put the sauce into a small saucepan over low heat and heat or put it in the microwave for a minute or so to just warm through.
Remove the French toast from the oven and arrange them on a serving platter.
Top 4 slices of the toast with a large dollop of the blackberry-caramel mascarpone and some of the blackberries.
Cover with the remaining 4 pieces of toast and drizzle each with some of the warm blackberry caramel sauce.
Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar, garnish with fresh mint sprig and serve.
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