Torrejas

Ingredients

Serves 6

6 large Guatemalan sweet bread

3 eggs

1 / 2 cup sugar

1 cup sweet whipped cream

2 ounces of raisins (optional)

2 tbs flour

vegetable oil to fry

For the syrup

4 cups water

4 cups sugar or brown sugar

1 large piece cinnamon

2 allspice

1 cup rum

preparation:

It is better to buy the loaves a day earlier to be hard when prepared. Start by cutting the top like a lid, and with a teaspoon carefully remove some crumbs from the middle of the other half of the bread. Fill with the sweet whipped cream and cover with the top.

In a bowl beat eggs whites, flour, until they reach a soft peak, carefully add egg yolks not to flatten the mix, continue beating until it looks like cotton candy .

Heat the oil in a skillet, wrap the bread with the egg and fry it . When you remove them put them in a napkin to absorb the oil.

Syrup preparation:

In a saucepan bring the water, cinnamon, sugar or brown sugar and allspice to simmer for at least five minutes, remove the cinnamon stick, let it cool down, once is cool pour the rum in the syrup, pour the syrup on each serving. For garnish spread some raisings on top of the torrejas.

(for children, exclude the rum)