{"id":41721,"date":"2022-03-03T20:55:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T20:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.halegroves.com\/blog\/?post_type=cuisine-recipe&#038;p=41721"},"modified":"2023-10-10T00:44:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T00:44:31","slug":"french-toast-with-grapefruit","status":"publish","type":"cuisine-recipe","link":"https:\/\/www.halegroves.com\/blog\/recipe\/french-toast-with-grapefruit\/","title":{"rendered":"Hale Groves Ruby Red Grapefruit French Toast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Add zing to your French toast with sweet-and-tangy Ruby Red Grapefruit from Hale Groves! This citrusy recipe takes overly sweet French toast to a new level. Made with traditional Jewish Challah bread, this recipe is perfect for Passover or Easter brunch and a great way to brighten a spring morning.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>1<a href=\"https:\/\/www.halegroves.com\/grapefruit\/c\/ft_1001_12\/\"> Hale Groves Ruby Red Grapefruit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3 Tbsp. butter, divided<\/p>\n<p>2 Tbsp. slivered almonds<\/p>\n<p>1 Tbsp. minced crystallized ginger (or substitute 1 teaspoon freshly grated ginger)<\/p>\n<p>\u00bc c. maple syrup, divided<\/p>\n<p>3 eggs<\/p>\n<p>2 Tbsp. milk<\/p>\n<p>8 slices Challah bread, \u00be&#8221; thick<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Directions:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Remove zest from grapefruit and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.halegroves.com\/blog\/citrus-fruit-cutting-guide-how-to-cut-your-fruit-safely\/\">cut fruit into segments<\/a>. Reserve juice from membranes.<\/li>\n<li>Melt one tablespoon of butter over medium heat in a small saut\u00e9 pan. Add almonds, ginger, three tablespoons maple syrup, and reserved juice. Bring to a simmer and cook until the mixture reaches the consistency of light syrup (about 1-2 minutes). Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly. Toss in grapefruit sections. Stir very gently to coat sections; set aside.<\/li>\n<li>Beat eggs with milk, remaining syrup, and one teaspoon grapefruit zest. Melt remaining butter over medium heat in a large saut\u00e9 pan. Dip 3 or 4 slices of bread into the egg batter and cook until golden brown on both sides. Remove to a heated platter or keep warm in a low oven. Dip remaining slices in egg batter and cook as above.<\/li>\n<li>To serve, place two slices of toast on a plate and top with grapefruit mixture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41768,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[166,183,78],"cuisine-recipe-category":[],"cuisine-recipe-course":[31],"cuisine-recipe-cuisine":[],"class_list":["post-41721","cuisine-recipe","type-cuisine-recipe","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-citrus-recipe","tag-grapefruit-recipe","tag-ruby-red-grapefruit","cuisine-recipe-course-breakfast"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cuisine-recipe\/41721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cuisine-recipe"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cuisine-recipe"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41721"},{"taxonomy":"cuisine-recipe-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cuisine-recipe-category?post=41721"},{"taxonomy":"cuisine-recipe-course","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cuisine-recipe-course?post=41721"},{"taxonomy":"cuisine-recipe-cuisine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cuisine-recipe-cuisine?post=41721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}