APRON AND PANS - FULL ENGLISH BREAKFAST
Ingredients
Serves 4
Sausages (4)
Vegetable oil
Smoked streaky bacon (200g)
Plum tomatoes (2)
Salt
Mushrooms (4)
Butter
Chicken stock (200ml)
Thyme
Garlic (2 cloves, crushed)
Black pudding (4 thick slices)
Eggs (4)
Bread (toasted)
1. Start with the sausages
It's better to fry them; direct contact with the oil makes the skin go nice and crispy. Turn them so that they brown all the way round. This should take about 10 minutes.
While you're frying the sausages, put the bacon and tomatoes under the grill at medium heat. Cook the bacon to your own taste. Turn midway through.
2. Take care with the tomatoes
The tomatoes take about 12 minutes. Cut them length ways, face the cut side upwards and sprinkle each half with salt. There's nothing worse than a semi-raw grilled tomato, so make sure they're cooked properly all the way through and a bit caramelized on top.
3. Braise the mushrooms in stock
Now you start juggling things a bit. While the sausages are cooking and the bacon and tomatoes are under the grill, fry the mushrooms in a separate pan.
Peel them, remove the stalks, and fry in a little bit of butter until brown. Turn the mushrooms and braise them in the chicken stock with thyme and garlic. Cook until the stock is reduced, about 10-15 minutes.
4. Fry the black pudding
You can do this in the same pan as the sausages. Fry until crispy on both sides. This will take 5 minutes or less.
5. Save the eggs, heat the plates
Always leave the eggs till last, because there's nothing worse than overcooked egg yolk.
While you're making the eggs, keep everything else warm in a low oven, set at about 110 degrees celsius. This takes the stress out of the whole process. Heat the plates too, and put some bread in the toaster.
6. Cook the eggs according to your preference
Poached, scrambled or fried. If you want it fried, heat vegetable oil and a little bit of butter in a clean pan and fry the egg to your taste.
7. Arrange it all on the plate and serve
Serve with toast and sauces.
Brown sauce is best
Some people will want tomato ketchup or English mustard, but brown sauce is best (personal preference). Add some freshly squeezed orange juice and a black coffee. That should set you up nicely for the day ahead.
Serves 4
Sausages (4)
Vegetable oil
Smoked streaky bacon (200g)
Plum tomatoes (2)
Salt
Mushrooms (4)
Butter
Chicken stock (200ml)
Thyme
Garlic (2 cloves, crushed)
Black pudding (4 thick slices)
Eggs (4)
Bread (toasted)
1. Start with the sausages
It's better to fry them; direct contact with the oil makes the skin go nice and crispy. Turn them so that they brown all the way round. This should take about 10 minutes.
While you're frying the sausages, put the bacon and tomatoes under the grill at medium heat. Cook the bacon to your own taste. Turn midway through.
2. Take care with the tomatoes
The tomatoes take about 12 minutes. Cut them length ways, face the cut side upwards and sprinkle each half with salt. There's nothing worse than a semi-raw grilled tomato, so make sure they're cooked properly all the way through and a bit caramelized on top.
3. Braise the mushrooms in stock
Now you start juggling things a bit. While the sausages are cooking and the bacon and tomatoes are under the grill, fry the mushrooms in a separate pan.
Peel them, remove the stalks, and fry in a little bit of butter until brown. Turn the mushrooms and braise them in the chicken stock with thyme and garlic. Cook until the stock is reduced, about 10-15 minutes.
4. Fry the black pudding
You can do this in the same pan as the sausages. Fry until crispy on both sides. This will take 5 minutes or less.
5. Save the eggs, heat the plates
Always leave the eggs till last, because there's nothing worse than overcooked egg yolk.
While you're making the eggs, keep everything else warm in a low oven, set at about 110 degrees celsius. This takes the stress out of the whole process. Heat the plates too, and put some bread in the toaster.
6. Cook the eggs according to your preference
Poached, scrambled or fried. If you want it fried, heat vegetable oil and a little bit of butter in a clean pan and fry the egg to your taste.
7. Arrange it all on the plate and serve
Serve with toast and sauces.
Brown sauce is best
Some people will want tomato ketchup or English mustard, but brown sauce is best (personal preference). Add some freshly squeezed orange juice and a black coffee. That should set you up nicely for the day ahead.
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