Grilled Croissants with Orange Caramel Sauce
Instructions:
- 7 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups whole milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 8 Vie de France butter
- croissants, sliced in half lengthwise
- Maple syrup
- ORANGE CARAMEL SAUCE
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 3/4 cup orange juice
- Preheat oven to 200°F.
- In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg. Set aside.
- Melt butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Dip each croissant half in batter until thoroughly soaked. Cook in the skillet until golden brown, 2-3 minutes on each side. Place on a baking sheet in the oven to keep warm.
- Prepare Orange Caramel Sauce: Cook sugar in a saucepan over medium heat until it begins to melt. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally with a fork, until melted into a deep caramel.
- Remove from heat and carefully pour the orange juice into the caramel. Return pan to burner and cook over medium heat, stirring, until caramel is dissolved. Let cool to warm.
- Drizzle croissants with warm sauce and maple syrup. Makes 8 servings.