The Full English Breakfast
serves: 4
8 sausages
8 rashers of bacon
8 egg (s)
4 tomato (es)
8 large mushrooms
4 slices bread
2 cans Baked beans
4 slices black pudding
HP sauce
tomato ketchup
Preheat the oven to 120ºC and the grill to high. Place plates in the bottom
of the oven as well as a dish to store cooked items. Grill the sausages, turning frequently for about 15 minutes, until they are
brown. Take care not to cook the sausages too quickly as the outside can burn
before the inside cooks. Meanwhile cut the tomatoes in half, season and add to the grill with the
mushrooms. Cover the mushrooms with a little oil. Add the bacon and black pudding slices to the grill tray and grill for about
2-3 minutes on each side. The tomatoes and mushrooms should take about 5
minutes. Transfer the baked beans to a saucepan and heat for 5 minutes. At the same
time, begin to make the toast. Heat one tsp. of oil in a frying pan over a medium heat. Crack the eggs into
the pan, ensuring that the yolks are not broken. Spoon some of the hot fat over
the whites and yokes to ensure that they cook quickly. Fry for 3-5 minutes. Serve immediately with HP sauce, tomato ketchup and a cup of tea. (As well as
a tabloid newspaper!)
Black Pudding, one of the great creations of civilized society, is essentially congealed pig's blood in a length of intestine. There are many variations; in England, the pudding is usually bound with rusk and has bits of fat in it. The French have their boudin noir with nowt but blood in the casing, the Germans blotwürst, the Spanish morcilla which is often bound with rice. Can there be a finer sight in a shop window than a freshly cooked black pudding, still steaming slightly. Can be purchased at your local grocer or a Europeon shop.