Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Breakfast with Gordon Ramsey

The other day I was looking for a new breakfast item to try. I found an old favorite, but with a nice twist. Gordon Ramsey's perfect breakfast. Scrambled eggs, toast, mushroom caps and tomatoes. The breakfast of champions.

See the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU_B3QNu_Ks

Servings: 1

Ingredients:

3 eggs
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 tablespoon butter
1 piece of toast
2 button mushrooms
a few tiny on the vine tomatoes
1 teaspoon chopped chives
1/2 tablespoon creme fraiche
Salt and Pepper to taste

Directions:

1.Make a piece of toast. As Ramsey says use some decent bread for this so it doesn't fall apart.
2. Heat the olive oil in the pan on medium low heat. Add the mushrooms and tomatoes. Salt and pepper. Then put a lid on the pan. Ramsey doesn't do this, but I found it very helpful in making sure the mushrooms in particular get cooked all the way through. They are whole after all. If your mushrooms are really big you may need a little more olive oil. Make sure you flip the mushrooms halfway through cooking. Tomatoes and mushrooms are done when they have a nice brown sear and when the mushrooms look cooked through.
3. Put pan on medium heat (best to use a non-stick skillet or pan for this). Add three eggs to the pan and start stirring immediately. Add butter. Keep stirring to combine butter. Just as Ramsey does in the video, pull them on and off the heat so that the eggs cook slowly. They will eventually start to come together. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add creme fraiche, and fully incorporate. 30 seconds or so before they are cooked to your liking add the chives and stir to incorporate. Then spoon the eggs out onto your toast.
4. Make enough for two and invite me over.

Result:

1 comment:

-sf said...

I saw that video too, it looked delicious. I loved the way he said tomatoes.