1 loaf dense French bread
Cream cheese
Sour cream
Seedless blackberry preserves
Fresh strawberries, diced
Eggs
Half & half
Sugar
Vanilla
Maple & Blackberry Syrup

Cut bread into thick pieces (about 1 1/2” thick), cutting a pocket in each side; allow 2 bread sandwiches per person. In a medium glass bowl, microwave cream cheese (about 4 ozs per person) for 30 seconds to soften. Stir cream cheese until smooth, and then add a heaping tablespoon of sour cream, a heaping teaspoon of blackberry preserves, and diced strawberries. Stir gently to mix. Fill each bread sandwich with filling mixture.

For each person, combine 2 beaten eggs with 1/3 cup half & half, a tablespoon of sugar and a teaspoon of vanilla. Dip sandwiches in egg mixture, and fry at medium temperature on a lightly buttered grill pan until golden brown. Serve topped with powdered sugar and more diced strawberries.

For syrup, heat a small pitcher of maple syrup flavored with a tablespoon of the blackberry syrup.