Savoury sweetcorn French toast with cherry tomato salsa
Overview
Prep time
5 mins
Cook time
20 mins
Serves
6
Ingredients
For the salsa
300g cherry tomatoes, finely diced
½ red onion, finely diced
juice of 1 lime
small bunch of soft herbs – coriander, flat-leaf parsley or dill, or a mix – roughly chopped
1 green chilli, finely diced
a glug of extra virgin olive oil
For the French toast
6 eggs
1 small tin of sweetcorn (165g, drained weight)
½ tsp smoked paprika
6 slices of thick-cut white bread
butter, for frying
50g strong Cheddar cheese, grated
hot sauce (optional)
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