It’s been a while since I poached an egg. I think it was six years ago with my Poach Egg on a Bed of Fresh Tomato Salsa and Buttered Toasted Bread. So I decide to make some poached eggs and toasts this morning. Besides I really love egg, may it be boiled, fried or scrambled. Check out some of my egg recipes here.
Way back then, I used the traditional method of simmering water, vinegar and salt, then dropping the egg while swirling. Which I admit I find really tedious to make. However, while searching the net for poach egg recipes I find this video of poaching egg with cling film. Wow! That was an amazing idea and the egg white is surely will not scatter in the simmering water. See, as time goes by, new cooking techniques are developed. Interesting, right?
Poach eggs and toasts here I go! I searched the fridge for some stuffing to go with the toast and I remembered I bought some pickles and pickled
jalapeño several weeks ago and thought to myself “These will surely go with my toast.”
I love tomatoes and this will also go with my toast. Then my mouth waters remembering the sweet taste of caramelized onion and I told myself “You will go with my toast.”
This is so easy to do. Simply toast the bread in a pan with butter. Then pan roast the tomatoes and caramelize the onion. Stack everything together and that’s it. Oh yeah! You should try following the video link I posted above. It’s really helpful.
Tips
Place your pickles and pickled jalapeño on a kitchen towel and pat it dry to remove excess pickle juice. Trust me, you really don’t want to eat a very sour sandwich.
Many dislikes the taste of pickles. Trust me I was a pickle hater before. But I think as I grew more mature (a nice way of saying older) my taste bud evolve and now I’m a convert. I love pickles even straight from the bottle.
Ingredients
| 2 Tablespoons | Butter |
| 2 pieces | Sliced Loaf Bread |
| 1 piece | Medium – sized Ripe Tomatoes |
| 2 Tablespoons | Olive Oil |
| 1 bulb | Shallot |
| Pickles | |
| Pickled Jalapeño | |
| Olive Oil | |
| Salt and Pepper | |
| 2 pieces | Medium – sized Eggs |
Procedure
Place half of the butter in a hot skillet and let it melt. Pan toast the loaf bread in the butter. Do the same for the remaining loaf bread slice. Set a side.
Pan grill the tomatoes for about 2 minutes on both side or until scorching appears. Set a side.
Turn the heat to low and add the olive oil. Saute the shallot in olive oil until it caramelized and set a side.
Place the sliced pickles and jalapeño on a kitchen towel and pat dry to remove excess pickle juice.
Place a 12 by 12 inches cling film on a small ramekin. Add a drizzle of olive oil and pinch of salt and pepper. Add the eggs.
Gather the tips of the cling film and twist to form a circular pouch ensuring no trapped air inside the film. Tie this with twisted cling film and add to simmering water. Cook for 6 minutes.
Cut the end of the pouch and this is your poached eggs.
Place the tomatoes on the first toasted bread. Then place the pickles,
jalapeño, caramelized onion and the poached egg. Top with the remaining toasted bread and enjoy.
Poached Egg and Toast
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons Butter
- 2 Pieces Sliced Loaf Bread
- 1 Piece Medium-sized Ripe Tomatoes sliced
- 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
- 1 Bulb Shallot sliced
- Pickles sliced
- Pickled Jalapeño sliced
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- 2 Pieces Medium-sized Eggs
Instructions
- Place half of the butter in a hot skillet and let it melt. Pan toast the loaf bread in the butter. Do the same for the remaining loaf bread slice. Set a side.
- Pan grill the tomatoes for about 2 minutes on both side or until scorching appears. Set a side.
- Turn the heat to low and add the olive oil. Saute the shallot in olive oil until it caramelized and set a side.
- Place the sliced pickles and jalapeno on a kitchen towel and pat dry to remove excess pickle juice.
- Place a 12 by 12 inches cling film on a small ramekin. Add a drizzle of olive oil and pinch of salt and pepper. Add the eggs.
- Gather the tips of the cling film and twist to form a circular pouch ensuring no trapped air inside the film. Tie this with twisted cling film and add to simmering water. Cook for 6 minutes.
- Cut the end of the pouch and this is your poached eggs.
- Place the tomatoes on the first toasted bread. Then place the pickles, jalapeno, caramelized onion and the poached egg. Top with the remaining toasted bread and enjoy.
