Chef Jeff Vigilla’s Poi Malasada French Toast With Banana Rum Sauce

Try this Hawaiian style Poi Malasada French Toast recipe With Banana Rum Sauce!

During the taping of Cooking Hawaiian Style, one of our guests had an emergency and wasn’t able to make the filming. Chef Vigilla, in addition to assisting each guest prepare their ingredients for their episode; stepped up and volunteered to fill that spot so that we wouldn’t lose an episode for the show. 

Because this was on the spur of the moment, he basically grabbed whatever ingredients we happened to have leftover in the kitchen and poi malasadas were no exception. This is his amazing recipe!

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Chef Jeff Vigilla’s Poi Malasada French Toast With Banana Rum Sauce

Try this Hawaiian style Poi Malasada French Toast recipe With Banana Rum Sauce!

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 20 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine French

Servings 1 Serving

Calories 524 kcal

Ingredients

  

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Poi Malasada French Toast

• 2 cups milk
• 4 eggs
• ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 lemon zest
• 4 pieces day old poi or strawberry malasadas cut in half
• 4 tablespoons butter

Banana Rum Sauce

• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 ripe banana sliced
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• ½ orange juiced
• Pinch of ground cinnamon
• 1 ounce rum for flambé

Instructions

 

Poi Malasada French Toast

• In a bowl, whisk together the first 4 ingredients. 
• Cut the malasadas in half and soak in the egg mixture for at least 2-minutes. 
• Melt the butter in a heavy skillet until bubbly then add the soaked malasadas. 
• Cook over medium high heat for 3 minutes per side until golden. 
• Place on serving plate and keep warm.

Banana Rum Sauce

• Melt the butter over medium high heat then add the bananas and sauté until caramelized add the brown sugar, cinnamon and orange juice and continue to cook to a syrup consistency. 
• Pull the pan of the stove and add the rum, carefully return the pan back to the stove and ignite the fumes of the rum.
• Once the flame subsides pour over the malasadas and enjoy.

Nutrition

Calories: 524kcalCarbohydrates: 61gProtein: 28gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 666mgSodium: 374mgPotassium: 720mgFiber: 5gSugar: 50gVitamin A: 1332IUVitamin C: 94mgCalcium: 317mgIron: 4mg

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