Pain Perdu Recipe • Rouses Supermarkets

Ingredients

• ¼ teaspoon finely grated lime zest
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon lime juice
• 1 pint strawberries, hulled and halved
• 2 large eggs
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• Pinch of salt
• ¾ cup whole milk
• Four ¾-inch-thick slices of brioche
• ½ cup blanched whole almonds, coarsely chopped
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• Confectioners’ sugar
• Steen’s Syrup, to serve