Black Pudding, with Mushrooms and Tomatoes

A simple breakfast dish - two slices of black pudding, and a rasher of crispy smoked bacon, cooked at a medium heat in a skillet. Plus quartered mushrooms, chopped cherry tomatoes and a diced spring onion, cooked in a little sunflower oil in an omelette pan.

The black pudding slices were cooked first, in total for fourteen minutes, seven on each side. After five minutes, the rasher of bacon was also added to the skillet, and turned once. Both items were cooked in their own fat.

The vegetables were cooked for ten to twelve minutes, and stirred frequently.

The vegetables and the black puddings were served on top of a lightly toasted (and unfolded) seeded flat bread. The dish was dressed in freshly ground black pepper, and a pinch of basil. Delicious!

Egg and Bacon with Hash Browns and a Seeded Flatbread

Another variation on a British breakfast. What they serve you in hotels often seems to be an attempt to kill you on the spot (sausages, black pudding, deep fried potato bread, etc.). Less is more.

I started with the raw potato slices (semi skinned), which were fried in a large flat non-stick pan, altogether for about twenty minutes at a medium heat, and turned a couple of times.

After the first ten minutes I added two strips of smoked bacon, which were cooked to the point where the fat sizzled, and were also turned a couple of times.

Next the quartered mushrooms were added, along with half a dozen halved cherry plum tomatoes. All cooked at a medium heat, and not under glass.

I toasted a seeded and folded flatbread in a toaster (pre-damped), and placed it on the serving plate. The egg was added to the flat pan three minutes before all the other elements of the meal were decanted to the serving plate.

Served with a drizzle of American mustard, and some freshly ground black pepper! 

Lamb Chilli with Seeded Flatbread

Ground lamb, cooked in a little sunflower oil, along with white onion, peppers, and some dried red chillies, and three green chillies.

The lamb was cooked first for 45 minutes, before the onion and diced spring onion was added (three). After that, the diced carrot, and the red pepper (half, diced), and about half a pint of water. Then  the lamb stock. Simmered under glass for an hour.

Before serving, add two pinches of dried coriander (or diced coriander leaves if you have some fresh available in your kitchen).

The seeded and folded flatbread was sourced from Aldi. Soak under the tap and allow to drain for two or three minutes. Then toast.