Breakfast Toastie with Bacon Jam
This is the ultimate big breakfast but in a toastie! It’s rich, cheesy and sweet on the inside while golden and crunchy on the outside.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
Bacon Jam
- 350 g streaky bacon finely diced
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 onion finely diced
- 2 tbsp sticky balsamic glaze
- 1 shot black coffee 50ml
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
Sauteed greens
- 1 bunch silverbeet roughly chopped
- 2 garlic cloves crushed
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- pinch of salt and pepper
Breakfast toastie (makes 2)
- 4 tbsp bacon jam
- 100 g Fromager d'Affinois Ali & Fines Herbes
- 100 g sauteed greens
- 2 eggs
- 2 tbsp olive oil + 1 tbsp for toastie
- 4 tbsp mayonnaise
- 50 g butter
Instructions
Bacon jam
- In a large cold fry pan, add the bacon and water. Turn the heat to high and fry the bacon until the water has evaporated and it's crispy and golden. Using a slotted spoon, scoop the bacon out of the pan and reserve the fat. If there is too much bacon fat, scoop some out of the pan making sure you leave 1 - 2 tablespoons behind.
- Turn the heat to low and add the onions and balsamic glaze. Cook for 30 minutes or until the onions have caramalised. Stir occasionally.
- Add the bacon, coffee and maple syrup to the pan with the onions and cook for 20 minutes on a medium heat until you are left with a sticky, thick and jam-like consistency.
Sauteed greens
- In a large fry pan on a medium heat, combine the silverbeet, olive oil, garlic and salt and pepper. Cook for 5 minutes or until the silverbeet has wilted but still has a slight crunch to it. Set to the side.
Breakfast Toastie
- Spread 1 tablespoon of mayonnaise onto the bottom piece of bread for your toastie and flip over. For each toastie, begin with a of 2 tablespoons of bacon jam, followed by 50g of sliced Fromager d’Affionois Ail & Fines Herbes cheese and lastly the sauteed greens.
- Top the toasties with a slice of bread and spread 1 tablespoon of mayonnaise over the top.
- In a cast iron pan on a low heat, melt the butter and bring the olive oil to heat. When the butter is slightly foaming, place the toastie into the pan and cook on a very low heat for 10 minutes per side or until golden and crispy. While the toastie is cooking, fry your eggs.
- Bring the olive oil to heat in a medium sized pan. Once there is a slight haze coming from the pan, crack the eggs directly into the pan. Fry for 2 minutes on a high heat or until the edges are crispy. Carefully drizzle the hot olive oil over the whites of the egg to further cook them.
- Place the fried egg on top of each toastie and serve immediately.
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