How would you like your eggs?

It’s a Sunday today, and ideally my Sunday reads like this: S-L-O-W...

Everything moves at a leisurely pace of 5 miles per hour but that’s the way I like my Sundays though admittedly it doesn’t always happen this way.

And so, as these opportunities come by far and few in between, I thought I’d take the opportunity to make some eggs. I love eggs for breakfast. I love them in any way: scrambled, sunny side, poached, soft-boiled, omelettes. I love it when you stay in hotels and they have egg stations at the breakfast buffet, and you can have your eggs in whatever way you want. Today I decided to go British, i.e. soft boiled served with soldiers.

The egg bit was taken from a recipe by domestic goddess Nigella Lawson, whereas the soldiers were inspired by Welsh chef Stephen Terry.

Nigella has a luxurious version of soft boiled eggs in her book “Nigella Express” (a bit ironic seeing that I was thinking of slow Sundays). I say luxurious because her version calls for dollops of cream and a nice swirl of truffle oil on the eggs before immersing them into a spa-like hot bath. Even the name sounds luxurious: Oeufs en cocotte.

As for the soldiers, I thought I’d be adventurous and do Welsh rarebit which is, I suppose you could say, posh cheese on toast. I had watched Stephen Terry prepare Welsh rarebit rabbit on an episode of Great British Menu recently, which was a tongue-in-cheek culinary creation around the traditional Welsh rarebit but served on “toasts” made from rabbit. No kidding. It looked great. But I wasn’t on a quest to be on Great British Menu, and so I decided to stick to traditional toasts made out of bread instead, and found a recipe courtesy of the Cheese Society that used Guiness. It’s even better if you can make the rarebit a day in advance and let it set in the fridge, as it’d be easier to slice and spread for extra cheesy thickness.

So into the oven everything go, and 15 minutes later I’m sitting on my couch in my PJs slurping silky eggs on melted cheesy soldiers. Mmm... Leisurely eating for a lazy Sunday. Ask me again how I like my eggs done in the morning...




Links:
For eggs, see Nigella Lawson’s “Nigella Express” for Oeufs en Cocotte

For Welsh rarebit recipe, search www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes

For Stephen Terry’s version, follow this link: www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/welshrarebitrabbit_91191.shtml