Wednesday 21 April 2010

Full English Breakfast


For a traditional English Breakfast (for 2 serves) you will need :

- 6 good quality pork and leek sausages
- 4 field mushrooms, wiped
- 2 small tomatoes - scored on top
- 250g smoked dry cured back bacon
- 170g blqck pudding, sliced
- 1 x 420g can of baked beans
- 2 knobs of butter
- 6 eggs, preferably free-range or organic, cracked into a bowl and beaten
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 a loaf of thick-sliced bread, for toasting

Preparation :

Preheat the grill to high. Set the oven to its lowest heat and pop 2 plates in it to keep warm. Put the sausages, mushrooms and tomatoes, scored-side up, on to a large grill and place under the grill, about 5 cm from the heat. Cook for about 10 minutes, turning thesausages once or twice.

Add the bacon and black pudding to the pan and grill for 5 minutes, turnong halfway through cooking, until they are cooked crispy. Put the baked beans in a saucepan and warm gently for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Place a non-stick saucepan over a low-heat. Melt 1 knob of butter in the pan, add the eggs, season to taste and stir gently until scrambled. Remove from the heat. Put the bread in the toaster, and arrange the sausages, mushrooms and tomatoes with the bacon, black pudding and beans on the warm plates. When the toast pops up, butter it, then put a slice on each plate and top with scrambled egg. serve HP sauce or tomato ketchup on the said, and a pot of tea.

Monday 12 April 2010

Have a Break, Have a Breakfast!


It is well-known that breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

Sadly, I barely have any time in the morning to sit down and enjoy my breakfast with all the rushing around any busy parent could relate to…

This is where this blog comes in… I would like to bring more excitement to my breakfast. I thought I could use this blog to post breakfast recipes from different countries. Whenever I could, I would try the recipes myself and use this blog to give my impression on the experience.

I have found a few recipes while doing some research about the subject, but as I would like this blog to be convivial and interactive I also count on you to give me your breakfast recipes from around the world and from your local areas. Every breakfast passionate is welcome! You could comment whether you are posting your country dish or not, whether you have found the recipe in a book or on the internet, whether you have tasted it while on a trip abroad, or at your neighbours house. You are also welcome to try the recipes yourselves and to give your feedback here.

I hope you will enjoy the experience as much as I will do!

Let us take our taste buds to far away horizons with our breakfast recipes from around the world!