retrospective

i got a present a while ago (christmas actually) which was a knife set - good quality blades which are an essential component of any good cooks arsenal. in addition i got some vouchers to some cooking lessons.

last night sue and i went to the first lesson - a brunch oriented cooking lesson.

Nico Morreti through his business Urban Provider was the teacher.

with cooking you can always learn something. last night Nico did a brunch/breakfast dish which is so simple and easy any mug cook could do it (provided they have an oven and a muffin "tin" - silicone works equally well if not better) and which enables you to cook eggs for a dozen or more people in the oven in 10-15 mins.

it so simple it is ridiculous:

heat an oven to 200c
lightly grease muffin tray
put a piece of smoked salmon or ham in the bottom of each cell in the tray (or as many as you need)
put a small (3-4 leaves) handful of rocket on top of salmon/ham
crack an egg and gently pour onto each cell
put into the warm oven and cook for 10-15 minutes (time depends on how you like your egg. check it and see around 7-8 mins and then make your decision. if someone wants their egg more firm serve some and put the others back for a couple more minutes. In essence the eggs are "poached" without water. when served on top of muffin, with hollandaise sauce, they looked and tasted fantastic.

While eggs are cooking toast some muffins or toast.
when the eggs are cooked serve on toast/muffins
you can also serve this with a hollandaise sauce for extra flavour

it was simple, delicious and easy to cook. I had some today for lunch sans hollandaise.