Caribbean Pain Perdu

Ingredients

• 3 cups sugar
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 whole vanilla bean
• Pinch of cinnamon
• Pinch of white pepper
• Pinch of allspice
• 2 tablespoons minced ginger
• 1 tablespoon lemon zest
• Juice of 2 lemons
• 1 pound butter, room temperature
• 1 cup orange juice
• ½ cup heavy cream
• 2 eggs, whisked
• ½ tablespoon Chinese five-spice powder
• ½ teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 loaf brioche bread, cut into 1½-inch-thick slices and dried on a wire rack overnight
• 5 tablespoons clarified butter
• 1½ cups West Indian Spiced Caramel Syrup
• ½ cup crushed macadamia nuts
• Fresh tropical fruit (such as mango, pineapple or banana), for garnish Confectioners’ sugar, for dusting