Wednesday 30 November 2011

Brunch-Asparagus bundle with poached eggs



Ingredients-
 1 bunch Asparagus          1 lrg cherry tomato sliced
3 sprigs of thyme             2TBL butter
1/4 preserved lemon or fresh lemon small diced
1 lemon                           2 eggs
1 rasher of bacon minus the eye
2 TBLspn vinegar            2 cups water
Salt and pepper 

 1. Put the water and vinegar in a small pot and put on stove on high heat
2. Cut 1 1/2 inch off the bottom of asparagus (make sure you make them even
3. Place 4 spears of asparagus on board together
4. Lay thyme down then,lemon preserve then tomatoes
5. Place the remaining asparagus on the top
6. Lay bacon rasher onto the board place the asparagus on the bacon rasher
7. Wrap the bottom rasher around the bundle then pin it to the bunch with a toothpick
8. Tightly wrap the remaining bacon around the bundle and secure with another tooth pick

9. Heat up frying pan when hot add 1 TBLspn of butter and melt
10. Add bundle to the pan squeeze half a lemons juice and place lid on pan 
11. When the water is boiling add 2 eggs then turn heat down to low
12. Flip bundle over carefully add last of the butter and squeeze the rest of the lemon over the bunch and place lid on pan again
 13. After 2 min take of lid and remove pan from the heat
14. Remove poached eggs from the poaching pot
15. Carefully place bundle onto a place and then place eggs on next
16. Take a teaspoon and drizzle leftover juices from pan onto the plate
17. Add salt and pepper to taste

 

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