Years ago, I was watching a Jamie Oliver show – one of his very first ones from the era of his second published cookbook – and he was working all night in a friend’s restaurant, baking the bread for the next day. After putting in some long, hot hours, he started a one-pan fry-up. It reminded me of our very late dinners (or very early breakfasts) back in Abu Dhabi. As I mentioned way back in January, we often cooked a full English breakfast at the end of a night out. It is indeed a delight after a long night out, but they are equally tasty earlier in the evening as an alternative dinner.
We often have breakfast for dinner and the rest of the family would like pancakes or waffles, and I mostly give in, but this would be my choice every time.
A genuine full English breakfast would also include black pudding, but my local grocery store was out of stock, and baked beans, which are not my favorite. If my elder daughter and/or husband were in residence, I would have had to add the Heinz baked beans. They have to be Heinz. Just so you know.
Also, I’ve made enough for two diners but, in this same pan, I’ve added bacon and sausages enough for four and still have room for four eggs. Double either the mushrooms or tomatoes (not both) and you’ll be fine.
Ingredients to serve two
2 medium tomatoes
4 medium brown mushrooms
2 rashers or slices back bacon
2 good quality English sausages
Olive oil
2 fresh eggs
Sea salt
Black pepper
Bread for toast, and butter, if desired.
Method
Cut off the stem end of your tomatoes and then cut them in half through the middle, so you see a cross section of the tomato. Clean your mushrooms and trim the hard stems.
Add your bacon and sausage to a large non-stick skillet. Cook until the bacon and sausage are both browned.
Drizzle in a little olive oil if the bacon and sausage haven't given off any grease and add in the halved tomatoes, cut side down, and mushrooms and cook until they are also browned and roasty looking. Then turn them over to brown the other side.
Arrange the bacon, sausage, tomato halves and mushrooms evenly around the pan and make spaces for frying your eggs.
Put your bread in the toaster, if serving.
Crack one egg at a time in a small bowl and gently add each to the pan.
Push the button down on the toaster. Cook your eggs until they are the doneness you desire. We like runny yellows, so this doesn’t take but a few minutes. Season the eggs with sea salt and pepper.
Remove the toast from the toaster and butter, if desired. Serve each person bacon, sausage, tomatoes, mushrooms, an egg and toast.
Enjoy!
If you love breakfast for dinner like we do, you’ll want to have a look at all the other lovely Sunday Supper dishes this week. Breakfast for dinner is the best!
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