Breakfast! 2016 (Part 1)

[Anna N]

 

Toasted home made pain de mie with home made lime marmalade.

[blue_dolphin]

This is the breakfast I still refer to by the name I used for it as a little kid - Po Yeg:

 

This TJ's sourdough toast is not bad, but if only I had some of Ann_T's homemade bread.  Sigh.... my life would be complete 

[Ashen]

Did a play on Crepe suzette  with waffles.  Was nice and bright but would wait until after flaming the grand marnier  to add the supremes next time. 

 

[EsaK]

19 hours ago, blue_dolphin said:

This is the breakfast I still refer to by the name I used for it as a little kid - Po Yeg:

 

This TJ's sourdough toast is not bad, but if only I had some of Ann_T's homemade bread.  Sigh.... my life would be complete 

 

I'd love to know the steps you take to create that kind of lovely poached eggs? I've tried a few times, last one with the mesh strainer method. What I still ended up with was yolk that was barely covered by any white around it. I did it in a small pot, so could that be it? Hoping to some day nail it as many here seem to do!

[liuzhou]

5 minutes ago, EsaK said:

 

I'd love to know the steps you take to create that kind of lovely poached eggs? I've tried a few times, last one with the mesh strainer method. What I still ended up with was yolk that was barely covered by any white around it. I did it in a small pot, so could that be it? Hoping to some day nail it as many here seem to do!

 

You need very fresh eggs. Follow a few chickens around until you see what pops out, then run to the kitchen!

Edited February 3, 2016 by liuzhou (log)

[Smithy]

4 hours ago, EsaK said:

 

I'd love to know the steps you take to create that kind of lovely poached eggs? I've tried a few times, last one with the mesh strainer method. What I still ended up with was yolk that was barely covered by any white around it. I did it in a small pot, so could that be it? Hoping to some day nail it as many here seem to do!

 

@EsaK, you may find this eG Culinary Institute course helpful:  All About Eggs -- Poaching.  There are a few other topics around here on egg poaching, and of course we can hope that @blue_dolphin elaborates on her method.  

[blue_dolphin]

@EsaK, the info that @Smithy recommended is very good.  If I have older eggs, I use the Julia Child method decribed there.   The particular egg in that breakfast picture was fairly fresh -not as fresh as @liuzhou describes, but I bought them at my local farmer's market last week so I didn't do anything special with them.  Simmering water with a little salt, swirl with a spoon and crack the egg into the vortex.  Adjust heat to maintain a gentle simmer and cook ~3 min.

 

Today's breakfast:

 

As of Feb, United has reinstituted free snacks and at breakfast, it's a stroopwafel, being warmed here by my coffee.  I prefer the biscoff cookies they used to have, but appreciated having a little something with my coffee after boarding at 04:45 AM 

[Ann_T]

Grilled Greek style baby back ribs with Greek potatoes and rice.

 

 

This was suppose to be last night's dinner.  But plans changed so I grilled them this morning for breakfast.

[rarerollingobject]

Shiitake, shimeji and wild forest mixed mushrooms in white miso cream and garlic butter sauce, heavy on the mirin, with chèvre, dried chilli and lemon thyme. On sourdough toast.

[liamsaunt]

eggs with lots of pepper and a buttered english muffin

 

[Ann_T]

Moe's breakfast.

 

Scrambled eggs with homemade biscuits.

[faithvine]

Ham Steak and Cappuccino Gravy

 

I wanted to make a version of Ham and red-eyed gravy using flavors of cappuccino. Recipe is on my blog chef-think.com

 

 

[Anna N]

@rarerollingobject

 

 You can't just say "white miso cream and garlic butter sauce" and walk away!   Tell us more. Inquisite minds want to know.  I can't begin to tell you how your breakfast calls out to me for anytime of the day.

[rarerollingobject]

57 minutes ago, Anna N said:

@rarerollingobject

 

 You can't just say "white miso cream and garlic butter sauce" and walk away!   Tell us more. Inquisite minds want to know.  I can't begin to tell you how your breakfast calls out to me for anytime of the day.

 

Haha, love it. OK, so here's the full thing; I ripped up some fresh shimeji and shiitake mushrooms and soaked a mix of dried forest mushrooms and then squeezed them dry. In a dry pan, I browned the fresh mushrooms until toasty. Then I added a knob of butter and some sliced garlic and browned it a little. Then I splashed in some sake to stop the garlic burning and sizzled the mushrooms in it till it evaporated, and tipped in the soaked dried mushrooms and a little of their soaking water. Then I stirred a heaped tablespoon of sweet white saikyo miso (the very delicate Kyoto-style kind, but any kind of white miso will do) into the water to dissolve it and bubbled it away for a minute. Added a dash of cream and seasoned with mirin, soy sauce and white pepper. I let the cream thicken and reduce, and then tipped it all out onto buttered toast and garnished with chilli flakes, thyme and goats' cheese.

Took about five minutes' cooking all up.

[Anna N]

12 hours ago, rarerollingobject said:

 

Haha, love it. OK, so here's the full thing; I ripped up some fresh shimeji and shiitake mushrooms and soaked a mix of dried forest mushrooms and then squeezed them dry. In a dry pan, I browned the fresh mushrooms until toasty. Then I added a knob of butter and some sliced garlic and browned it a little. Then I splashed in some sake to stop the garlic burning and sizzled the mushrooms in it till it evaporated, and tipped in the soaked dried mushrooms and a little of their soaking water. Then I stirred a heaped tablespoon of sweet white saikyo miso (the very delicate Kyoto-style kind, but any kind of white miso will do) into the water to dissolve it and bubbled it away for a minute. Added a dash of cream and seasoned with mirin, soy sauce and white pepper. I let the cream thicken and reduce, and then tipped it all out onto buttered toast and garnished with chilli flakes, thyme and goats' cheese.

Took about five minutes' cooking all up.

 Thank you, thank you. Mushrooms on toast are one of my favorite quick meals.  This looks perfectly adaptable to what ever mushrooms, cheese etc. happen to be in the house. Miso is a fridge staple and I am rarely without mushrooms of some sort both fresh and dried. 

[liamsaunt]

bacon, egg, cheese, avocado and yellow tomato on flatbread

 

[Anna N]

@liamsaunt

 

Your flatbread looks delicious so I'm just wondering if you made it yourself and if so would you share the recipe?

[liamsaunt]

8 minutes ago, Anna N said:

@liamsaunt

 

Your flatbread looks delicious so I'm just wondering if you made it yourself and if so would you share the recipe?

 

Yes, I did make it.  It's actually a Mario Batali recipe for pizza dough.  He suggests that you cook the doughs on a cast iron griddle on both sides and then put on the toppings and run the pizza under the broiler to finish.  This was a leftover precooked dough from the last time I made pizza.  He says you can precook them and freeze, which is what I did with the one.  His dough recipe is:

 

1 1/4 c. warm water

2 tsp. yeast

1.5 tsp sugar

3.5 c. flour

2 tbsp. kosher salt

1/4 cup olive oil

 

combine water, sugar and yeast and let stand until foamy.  Combine flour and salt in a stand mixer and add the liquid and the oil, and mix until smooth and elastic.  Let rise until doubled in size and then punch it down and divide into eight pieces.  Stretch out and cook both sides on a very hot cast iron griddle until dry and browned in spots, about 4 minutes total per dough.

[Anna N]

4 hours ago, liamsaunt said:

 

Yes, I did make it.  It's actually a Mario Batali recipe for pizza dough.  He suggests that you cook the doughs on a cast iron griddle on both sides and then put on the toppings and run the pizza under the broiler to finish.  This was a leftover precooked dough from the last time I made pizza.  He says you can precook them and freeze, which is what I did with the one.  His dough recipe is:

 

1 1/4 c. warm water

2 tsp. yeast

1.5 tsp sugar

3.5 c. flour

2 tbsp. kosher salt

1/4 cup olive oil

 

combine water, sugar and yeast and let stand until foamy.  Combine flour and salt in a stand mixer and add the liquid and the oil, and mix until smooth and elastic.  Let rise until doubled in size and then punch it down and divide into eight pieces.  Stretch out and cook both sides on a very hot cast iron griddle until dry and browned in spots, about 4 minutes total per dough.

 

 

Marvelous. Thank you. That seems like an awful lot of salt for 31/2 cups of flour even if it is kosher salt!   Could it perhaps be 2 teaspoons? 

[kayb]

@liamsaunt, that sandwich is a thing of beauty. I think I shall have one just like it tomorrow, except on homemade sandwich bread.

[Ann_T]

Moe requested Soft Boiled Eggs.

 

Steamed for four minutes for soft boiled.

[scubadoo97]

Ann_T, your bread always looks fabulous.   

[liamsaunt]

16 hours ago, Anna N said:

 

 

Marvelous. Thank you. That seems like an awful lot of salt for 31/2 cups of flour even if it is kosher salt!   Could it perhaps be 2 teaspoons? 

 

I double checked the recipe and it did call for 2 tbsp.  But then I looked in my other Batali cookbooks and found two other versions, one with 1 tbsp. sugar and 1 tbsp. salt, and the other only called for one tsp. salt!  The bread was not overly salty, but it is possible I used less salt too.  2 tbsp. does seem like a lot.

[Anna N]

1 hour ago, liamsaunt said:

 

I double checked the recipe and it did call for 2 tbsp.  But then I looked in my other Batali cookbooks and found two other versions, one with 1 tbsp. sugar and 1 tbsp. salt, and the other only called for one tsp. salt!  The bread was not overly salty, but it is possible I used less salt too.  2 tbsp. does seem like a lot.

 

1 hour ago, liamsaunt said:

 

I double checked the recipe and it did call for 2 tbsp.  But then I looked in my other Batali cookbooks and found two other versions, one with 1 tbsp. sugar and 1 tbsp. salt, and the other only called for one tsp. salt!  The bread was not overly salty, but it is possible I used less salt too.  2 tbsp. does seem like a lot.

Yes. For that amount of flour I would normally use two generous teaspoons of Diamond Crystal salt.  

[Ann_T]

16 hours ago, scubadoo97 said:

Ann_T, your bread always looks fabulous.   

 

Thanks Scubadoo.

 

 

Baked sourdough bread last night and toasted this morning.  Served with scrambled eggs with tomatoes.