Pain perdu (lost bread)

On sunday morning...

I went to pick up some blackberries with the kids. As usual, Tom holds the box and I do the picking. Then Tom says "can I have one Mummy, just one?" of course you can...20 "can I have one" later, the box doesn't seem much fuller and he's grinning a dark purple smile from ear to ear. Anyway, got back home, picked a few apples fallen from my neighbour's tree into my garden and make a really yummy fruity thing/compote/puree as you want to call it.

You'll need....

Blackberries- I used about 2 coffee mugs worth...no need for precise measures for this one
Apples- about 3 or what you've got
Raspberries- a handful , only because I had some in the garden
Honey (runny)- a couple of tablespoons.

peel, quarter and core the apples. Chop them in big pieces.
Put them in a pan with about 1ooml of water
add your berries to it
put a lid on
cook slowly for 10 minutes until the apples are soft and all pink with the juice of the berries.
Add the honey, stir around and leave to cool.
(If you are making this for grown ups, you can add a dash of creme de cassis or creme de mures in it)

There's dozens of way to enjoy this mixture:

I had some yesterday night scooped on vanilla ice cream.
Then again this morning with porridge.
The kids had some tonight with some plain yoghurt.

and there is enough left to pour onto some pain perdu tomorrow for the kids lunch:

Pain perdu....

Take some brioche or white bread slices (crust removed if you want)
Beat 1 egg with 150 ml of milk or cream and about 2 tablespoons of sugar or honey
Dip the bread in the egg/milk mix
Melt a little butter in a non stick frying pan,
Cook your bread in the melted butter, turning after a couple of minutes when golden.
Top with the blackberry/apple compote, or jam or caster sugar even.

Best eaten straight away slightly warm. My grandmother used to cook this for us when we came back from school,

oh it's sooooooooo good!