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The best way to recycle a stale greek sweet bread and rebuild a dessert!



Ingredients

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  • 1/2 greek sweet bread, sliced 2 cm.
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  • 4 eggs
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  • 400 gr milk
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  • 400 gr heavy cream
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  • 50 gr cream cheese
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  • 50 gr hazelnuts, crumpled
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  • 150 gr liquid black sugar
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  • 50 gr butter, for the pan
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  • 1 teaspoon salt
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  • 2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
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  • 1 lemon, zest
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  • 2 vanillins
For the garnish:
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  • 1/2 lemon, zest
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  • 10 hazelnuts, crumbled

Instructions

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  • Butter a baking pan.
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  • Arrange the slices, one on top of the other
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  • In a bowl, lightly beat the eggs.
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  • Add the milk, cream, cheese, hazelnuts, sugar, salt, nutmeg, lemon zest, vanilla and stir in the bowl.
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  • Pour the mixture over the sweet bread to cover all the pieces.
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  • Cover with a membrane and put the baking pan in the refrigerator for 3-4 hours.
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  • Preheat the oven to 170 °C with air.
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  • Once all the liquid is absorbed, remove it from the refrigerator and bake it for 45 minutes until it gets a nice golden color.
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  • Garnish with lemon zest and hazelnuts.
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