Banana Brulee French Toast With Smokey Hollandaise Hash

Banana Brulee French Toast With Smokey Hollandaise Hash
Difficulty: Moderate

Serve with your favorite smoked sausage

Ingredients for French Toast
1 cup half-and-half
3 large eggs
2 tbsp honey, warmed in microwave for 20 seconds
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
8 (1/2-inch) slices day-old or stale country loaf, brioche or challah bread
4 tbsp butter
Directions to make French Toast
In medium size mixing bowl, whisk together the half-and-half, eggs, honey, salt, vanilla and cinnamon. You may do this the night before. When ready to cook, pour custard mixture into a pie pan and set aside.
Preheat oven to 200 degrees F. ( to keep French toast warm while bananas are being prepared)
Dip bread into mixture, allow to soak for 30 seconds on each side, and then remove to a sheet pan, and allow to sit for 1 to 2 minutes.
Over medium-low heat, melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a 10-inch nonstick sauté pan. Place 2 slices of bread at a time into the pan and cook until golden brown, approximately 2 to 3 minutes per side.  Place toast on clean sheet pan then place in a warm oven until serving.

Ingredients for Banana Brulee
1/2 cup dark corn syrup
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 cup maple syrup
1 cup chopped pecans
6 ripe bananas, sliced on angle 3/4 inch thick
1 tsp rum extract
Directions for Banana Brulee
In a large skillet, combine corn syrup, brown sugar, maple syrup and pecans. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat, and simmer for 2 minutes. Add banana halves and rum extract. Coat with the syrup mixture, and simmer 1 minute. Spoon over French toast. Serve immediately. Two Toast per/person.

Ingredients for Hash & Fried Egg
4 cups red skin or golden potato diced
3/4 cup onion diced
1/2 cup green pepper diced
1/2 cup red pepper diced
1 tsp of garlic minced
1/4 tsp smoked paprika
salt
pepper
4 tbsp olive oil
3 tbsp butter
4 large eggs

Directions to make Hash & Fried Egg
In a nonstick frying pan, place 2 tbsp butter and 3 tbsp of olive oil, heat pan at medium heat but not to burn the butter.  Add diced potatoes and toss around in the butter and oil.  cook with lid on pan and check often to make sure the potatoes are evenly cooking.  Half way through the cooking, place onions, green pepper, red pepper, garlic, paprika, salt and pepper.  Cook until tender, and then for a minute cook on high to get it slightly crispy. Remove from heat and keep warm.
In a separate skillet place 1 tbsp of butter and 1 tbsp of olive oil until hot.  Crack the 4 eggs into the skillet reduce to medium heat and cook for about 2 minutes then gently flip egg and cook an additional minute.
Divide potato hash into serving dishes and place a fried egg on top and ladle some Smokey Hollandaise sauce on top of egg.  Serve immediately!
Serves 4

Ingredients for Smokey Hollandaise
2 large egg yolks
1 tbsp warm water
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
1/2 tsp coarse salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
1/4 tsp smoked paprika
pinch of cayenne pepper
Directions:
In a blender, combine egg yolks, water, lemon juice, and salt; blend until frothy.
Heat butter in the microwave or in a small saucepan over medium until bubbly (do not let brown). With blender running, pour in hot butter in a very thin stream, blending until sauce is thick and emulsified
Serves 4