Showing posts with label Odd meals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Odd meals. Show all posts

Tuesday, 25 January 2011

Custard for breakfast

My current favourite thing to have for breakfast. Ideally I'd bake it, but that takes too long in the morning. I've been wondering if it would be possible to leave it overnight in a very low oven, but until then, I've been doing it on the stovetop. This method does require manic stirring to prevent curdling, and even then the texture is a little grainy. Really it needs a bain-marie to come out perfectly smooth, but that again takes time.







Anyway, it's just eggs and single cream, and a few grates of nutmeg. No sugar in the mixture, just some maple syrup and some more cream when it's done. Hits the spot.


Monday, 24 January 2011

Bacon for dinner


This was one of those strange meals when you don't really know what to cook, and have an odd assortment of things lying around. A few rashers of bacon, sautéed broccoli, and a sort of mess of various veg, stewed with a load of rosemary because I'd been pruning the rosemary bush earlier on. Really it could easily have been a breakfast; bacon and eggs with fried broccoli is actually a breakfast staple round here. Anyway, it may have been slightly unorthodox, but it was just the ticket after a strenuous day.