Golden Slices with Port Wine Syrup | Christmas French Toast

INGREDIENTS:

For the French toast:

• 1 bagel bread
• 800 ml of milk
• 100 g of sugar
• 2 lemon peels
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 2 eggs
• 500 ml oil for frying
• 2 Tbsp sugar (for sprinkling)
• cinnamon (for sprinkling) to taste

For the syrup:

• 125 ml of water
• 200 ml Port Wine
• 100 ml Honey
• 2 Cinnamon Sticks

PREPARATION:

In a bowl, place the raisins to soak in the port wine. Sweeten a little hot milk with sugar. Cut the bread into slices and pass them through hot milk to soften.

Heat a frying pan with oil. Carefully squeeze the slices of bread, dip them in the previously beaten eggs, drain them and fry them in the hot oil. Place them on absorbent paper to drain and sprinkle with a little sugar.

Prepare the sauce: put the sugar in a pan, add a little water just to soak it and heat, letting it boil until you get a not too dark caramel. Remove from the heat, add the wine with the raisins and heat again until it boils. Remove and let cool.

Arrange the French toast on a serving plate, drizzle them with the previous sauce. Decorate with sliced almonds and serve.