Colm O'Gorman's recipe for Panettone French Toast is the perfect Nollaig na mBan brunch

This French Toast has a beautiful, rich custardy flavour, and the caramelised brown sugar adds an almost crème brûlée like finish

Today is Nollaig na mBan, or Little Christmas, the day when the Christmas decorations come down, and when traditionally, on the basis that they did most if not all the work over Christmas, Irish women take the day off and men take over any household chores. 

I would like to believe that men take on a much fairer share of work in the home these days, and that all the work of Christmas does not fall to women, but that may be a bit naïve on my part. Either way, today is traditionally the day to both take down the decorations and celebrate the women in your life.