Instant Pot Pecan Raspberry French Toast Casserole
We are often asked about cooking for one, which can be a challenge in a slow cooker if you 
aren’t batch cooking for yourself. Whether it’s a working lunch for myself, a meal for a college student or single retirees, the pressure cooker setting is a great option for making individual servings of a variety of recipes in the Instant Pot.
I ran the gamut of breakfast recipe possibilities for the pressure cooker, and felt frustrated that most of them could be made on a stovetop or in the oven in less time and often with better results. Specifically, I looked for inspiration for single serving ideas simple in execution and using store cupboard staples, which genuinely save time.
It is in our very own Zen recipe library where the perfect recipe resides, maple French toast casserole. Originally a family sized recipe for the slow cooker, it is difficult to adapt to just one or two servings but triumphs in the pressure cooker.
Each buttered ramekin is filled with soft, pillowy chunks of brioche soaked in a sweet and creamy egg mixture. In just 12 minutes on high pressure this turns into a soft set French toast, which puffs up on the top. Drizzled with maple syrup and topped with fresh raspberries, it works as the perfect, simple brunch for one or more.
- 1 egg
- 1 brioche roll / 3/4 cup, torn into large chunks
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1/2 cups milk / cream
- 1/4 tsp vanilla essense
- 2 tbsp pecans
- 4 eggs
- 4 brioche rolls / 3 cups
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 cups milk / cream
- 1 tsp vanilla essense
- 1/4 cup pecans
- spray a 4" / 10 oz round ramekin with non stick spray, or brush with butter
- put the brioche pieces into the ramekin
- in a small bowl, whisk the egg with the milk, sugar, and vanilla
- pour the egg mixture over the brioche and push down to allow the brioche to soak in
- sprinkle the pecans on top
- place the trivet in the Instant Pot and add 1 cup water
- place ramekin on the trivet
- secure the Instant Pot lid and turn the pressure valve to Sealing
- press the Manual / Pressure button and adjust the cook time to 12 minutes
- once cooked, Quick Pressure Release and remove the ramekins
- serve with cream, maple syrup or just as it is
- To make this recipe for 4 people multiply the ingredients X 4 and use 4 ramekins
- spice it up with a 1/4 tsp cinnamon or pumpkin spice whisked in with the egg mixture
Zen Moment
“When proud-pied April, dress’d in all his trim
Hath put a spirit of youth in every thing..”
-William Shakespeare, extract from Shakespeare’s Sonnet 98
