Leftovers eh?
You’ll very probably be hearing, seeing and tasting a lot of leftovers during
the next few weeks. To be honest, it is difficult sometimes to know what to do
with that bowl of “stuff” in the fridge especially when inspiration is not
forthcoming and there’s loads of other food in the house. The thing is though,
right, is that when you do create something wonderful with the scraps in the
fridge, you get a great sense of achievement with an added dash of go me.
So these little
buggers have been staring at me for a few days now, daring me to do something different and I’d toyed with the usual potato salad idea but then I remembered this
old favourite, adapted it to what I had to hand and this is how it came out
As well as
tasting great this can be done in 10-15 mins or so, which makes it ideal for a
midweek supper
Pancetta cubes
are awesome, they can form the base of many a dish and for me have the edge
over their bacon cousins taste-wise. The potatoes are great on their own, I
think they’re available in most supermarkets (certainly Morrison’s and
Sainsbury’s) and they’re called apache.
Spring onions add
fresh crunch and the parsley adds the earthy depth.
Finally the
poached egg, cooked right, the yolk makes the dish self saucing.
A Drizzle of
oil? Don’t mind if I do sir.
Ingredients
(Serves 2)
Handful per
person of pre boiled potatoes cut into chunks
100g Cubetti Di
Pancetta
1 Spring onion
finely sliced
Sprig of parsley
finely chopped
2 Fresh eggs
Splash of white
wine vinegar
Fill a saucepan ¾
full of water and put onto boil, or boil the kettle and empty into the pan
In a small frying
pan add the pancetta then on a high heat fry until the cubes start to brown and
the fat is released.
Empty the
potatoes into the pancetta pan and gently warm through, stiring to ensure the potatoes are covered in the lovely pancetta fat.
Add a splash of
vinegar to the water, stir through and then add the eggs to poach for 3 mins
Meanwhile stir
the spring onions and parsley into the bacon and potato mix, season to taste.
When eggs are
done remove from the pan and place on paper towel to soak up any excess water.
Plate up the bacon and
potato mix and top with the poached egg, finally drizzle with oil if
required.
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