Monday, January 23, 2012

fricassee of mushrooms, bacon & shallots with poached eggs and parsley

every sunday is cooking day @ my place. it usually starts with me whipping up a super easy, quick breaky for my (always) hungry boyfriend while he runs to the local milkbar 2grab the sunday paper. this is one of my favourites as its made up of ingredients that i always have in the fridge. this recipe is not @ all calorie friendly but its so yummy who cares right? 


fricassee of mushrooms, bacon & shallots with poached eggs and parsley




ingredients:

6 swiss brown mushrooms (or any you fancy!), sliced
2 strips of organic bacon
2 shallots
2 free range eggs
2 strips of pecorino or parmesan
2 tablespoons of butter
2 teaspoons of balsamic vinegar
2 tablespoons of rice wine vinegar
parsley

method:

1. fry the two strips of bacon, add the sliced shallots.
2. remove bacon and cut 1/2 inch strips

3. add sliced mushrooms to the pan, caramelize and deglaze with butter and balsamic.

4. boil some water (approx 10cms/4 inches) with 2tablespoons of vinegar

5. drop eggs in, poach and plate. add cheese & parsley.

voila!


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