INGREDIENTS
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- 1 (1 pound) loaf French bread, cut diagonally in 1 inch slices
- 8 eggs
- 2 cups milk
- 1 1/2 cups half-and-half cream
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3/4 cup butter
- 1 1/3 cups brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons light corn syrup
DIRECTIONS
- Butter a 9x13 inch baking dish. Arrange the slices of bread in the bottom. In a large bowl, beat together eggs, milk, cream, vanilla and cinnamon. Pour over bread slices, cover, and refrigerate overnight.
- The next morning, preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). In a small saucepan, combine butter, brown sugar and corn syrup; heat until bubbling. Pour over bread and egg mixture.
- Bake in preheated oven, uncovered, for 40 minutes.
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Serves 4
Four 8 oz. red snapper fillets with skin (boned, rinsed, and patted dry)
1/2 cup shredded coconut (unsweetened)
1/2 cup flour
2 teaspoons curry powder
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
1 Tablespoon olive oil
Lime Butter
- In a shallow bowl combine coconut, 1/4 cup flour, curry powder, coriander, cumin, black pepper, and salt.
- Mix the ingredients together until evenly combined.
- In another shallow bowl whisk together the egg and the milk.
- Place the remaining 1/4 cup flour in a shallow bowl.
- For each fillet: working with the skin side only, press each fillet into the flour, then into the egg/milk mixture, and then into the coconut mixture.
- Heat the 1 Tablespoon of olive oil in a large sauté pan until hot. Then add the fillets to the pan, coconut side down. Cook 3 minutes. Then turn and cook until done, about one minute more.
- Serve with Lime Butter. This can be prepared in advance.
Lime Butter

About 12 servings as a sauce
1/4 stick of butter (softened)
2 limes
1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
Pinch of white pepper
Pinch of salt
- Place butter in a small metal bowl.
- Zest and juice the limes. Add the juice, zest, and cilantro to the bowl with the butter.
- Add white pepper and salt.
- Mix until all ingredients are completely blended.
- On a piece of Saran™ Premium Wrap place the butter and form into a log. Wrap the butter "log" in the Saran™ Wrap and refrigerate until ready to serve.
- To serve on top of Coconut-Crusted Red Snapper fillets, cut into 4 slices.
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