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M C‡ ßIÕN BÉNH Mç TR`NG FRENCH TOAST Èt Æi“u thÛ vfi v“ French Toast, m∆c dÔ lµ m„n ®n tr¯ danh cÒa Ph∏p, nh≠ng d©n tÈc s∏ng tπo ra m„n ®n kh´ng hºn lµ ng≠Íi Ph∏p. C„ tı r†t l©u trong lfich sˆ »m th˘c, anh bπn "French Toast" bæt Æ«u xu†t hi÷n tı th’ kÿ th¯ IV, ho∆c th¯ V trong cuËn s∏ch n†u ®n cÊ Apicius cÒa Latin. LÛc nµy, French Toast ch≠a c„ t™n cÙ th” trong c´ng th¯c ch’ bi’n, chÿ Æ≠Óc g‰i lµ Aliter Dulcia - "mÈt m„n ®n ng‰t", Æ≠Óc mi™u t∂ lµ m„n b∏nh m◊ ng©m trong s˜a. Vµo thÍi La M∑ cÊ Æπi, ng≠Íi ta th≠Íng nhÛng b∏nh m◊ vÌi tr¯ng, Æem chi™n l™n vµ ®n cÔng mÀt ong. C∏ch ch’ bi’n vµ th≠Îng th¯c French Toast Æ’n nay cÚng kh´ng thay ÆÊi nhi“u. ß” lµm b∏nh m◊ French Toast truy“n thËng, bπn chÿ vi÷c l†y b∏nh m◊ nhÛng vµo hÁn hÓp s˜a vµ tr¯ng rÂi Æem chi™n. Sau Æ„ ræc th™m siro l∏ phong (maple syrup), ho∆c cÚng c„ th” ®n kÃm cÔng b¨, ph´ mai, Æ≠Íng bÈt, ho∆c mÀt ong. Trong qu∏ kh¯, French Toast lµ m„n ®n cÒa ng≠Íi nghÃo, bÎi Æ©y vËn lµ m„n tÀn dÙng b∏nh m◊ cÚ. Th’ n™n ng≠Íi Ph∏p cfln g‰i Æ©y lµ m„n Pain Perdu - B∏nh m◊ cÚ. Ngµy nay, French Toast lµ mÈt m„n ®n ng‰t ngµo chinh phÙc h«u h’t c∏c t›n Æ »m th˘c tr™n th’ giÌi. BISOUS* BISOUS MY FRENCH TOAST An interesting fact about French Toast is that French Toast isn't really French. The dish has such a long history in the culinary world, which can be traced back to the Roman Empire. The earliest French Toast recipe was described as Aliter Dulcia "Another kind of sweet" in the Apicius, a collection of Roman cookery recipes in the late IV or early V century AD ("Apicius" therefore also expresses excessively refined love of food). The dish at first contained just bread dipped in milk. This authentic recipe later added eggs to the mixture of bread and milk. People in ancient Rome loved to fry it up and had it served with honey. Nowadays, the French Toast recipe hasn't changed much. You just need to soak bread in the egg mixture, then fry it in butter. A small tip for a custardy interior, pillowy texture and velvety feel in the mouth is to use full-fat milk. Do you want that rich flavor in your mouth? There are many options which you can combine with French Toast, you can pick whichever you like such as Nutella, maple syrup, powered sugar, cream cheese, strawberries, or banana. Back then, French Toast was for the poor who needed to use their old bread, which is why some people would call this Pain Perdu -"lost bread", or "wasted bread"; some would call it Gypsy Toast. Today, French Toast is adored by all the foodies who have "Apicius" around the world. TRAVELLIVE 81