Showing posts with label egg. Show all posts
Showing posts with label egg. Show all posts

Friday, 10 March 2017

Avocado baked with an egg and chorizo.

From Marta Greber, whatshouldieatforbreakfasttoday.com

Serves 2
1 avocado
2 eggs
1 chorizo sausage, roughly chopped
Olive oil
Salt and black pepper
2 slices of bread, preferably multiseed
2 tsp chopped flat-leaf parsley

1 Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/gas mark 4.
Cut the avocado in half, remove the stone and scoop a little extra of the flesh out, so you can fit more egg into it.

2 Break the first egg into a bowl.
Using a spoon, place yolk in one half of the avocado, then carefully start to add white (you may not manage to add all the white).
Season with salt and pepper, then repeat with the other egg and half of avocado.

3 Place the avocado halves in a small baking dish that fits them snugly, so they won't tilt and the egg will not spill out – scrunched-up foil in the base of the dish helps to hold them level.
Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until the white is opaque and the yolk is done to your liking.

4 Meanwhile, heat a little oil in a frying pan and cook the chorizo sausage pieces until crisp, then drain on kitchen paper.
Fry the slices of bread in the same pan, adding a little more oil if you need it.

5 Serve the avocado on a plate with the sausage, seasoned with salt and pepper and a scattering of herbs, with toast on the side.

Wednesday, 22 February 2017

Egg White Cake.

- Egg White Cake - great ways to use up leftover egg whites!

6 large egg whites
250 g caster sugar
160 g plain/all-purpose flour
1 heaped Tbsp potato starch or cornflour
1 tsp baking powder
100 g melted butter (just under a stick), slightly cooled

Whisk the egg whites with 2 Tbsp of sugar until thick and pale and very foamy.
Mix the rest of the sugar with flour, potato starch and baking powder, then sift into the egg mixture and fold in gently.
Finally fold in cool melted butter.
Pour the batter into a buttered bundt-form and bake in a pre-heated 180C oven for 30-40 minutes.
Test for doneness with a wooden toothpick.
Cool slightly before turning out of the cake tin.

The lovely taste!