Dark Horse Brewing is one of my top 10 breweries. They're frickin fantastic. "Tres Blueberry Stout" just seemed to be a breakfast beer to me. It's roasty, malty, chocolatey, and has an excellent blueberry note to it. Unique and wonderful. To actually incorporate it into breakfast just made it even more badass.
Ingredients for french toast:
1 loaf crusty italian bread (sliced into 1in thick pieces)
1 cup stout
1/2 cup milk
A good splash of heavy cream
1/4 cup of sugar
4 eggs
2-3 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp cinnamon
Good pinch of nutmeg
2-3 tbsp butter (more as needed)
Whipped cream cheese
Powdered sugar
Maple syrup
Ingredients for blueberry stout compote:
2 cups frozen blueberries
1/4 cup stout
1/4 cup sugar
Pinch of cinnamon
Juice from 1 lemon
To start, break out a small saucepan and put on medium heat. Add 1 cup of blueberries, stout, sugar, and lemon juice. Cook for 10min stirring several times. Then add in the 2nd cup of blueberries and cook another 10minutes. Turn heat down to low and keep warm.
Heat oven to 200 and set a casserole dish inside. Set a large skillet on medium-high on stove. In a shallow dish whisk together the stout, milk, cream, sugar, eggs, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
Place bread in the dish and let soak up the custard. Flip and coat other side of bread. Add butter to hot pan. Place bread pieces in skillet. Cook in batches. Cook 2-3 minutes per side. When done, place in casserole dish in oven to keep warm. Finish cooking rest of french toast.
When ready to eat, place one piece of toast on plate. Spread cream cheese on top. Place another piece of toast on top and cover with the blueberry stout compote. Dust with a little powdered sugar and maple syrup if wanted.
Voila! Pair with a breakfast stout or a good witbier.
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