23/07 THE LEFTOVERS
When there is nothing in the fridge, and all you have are half leftovers from dinner the night before there is only one solution. The master plan which only involves one ingredient to make it the leftovers work for you. An egg. You can tie any old scraps together to make something deliberate and delicious with just one egg.
There is no wrong way to do this, or indeed a right way. This is just the a result of the leftover greens I had, and a need for something fried and molten. The salad was a mix of greens with a lemon/oil dressing, clinging to the last of its life with its sharp tang. To add more sharpness some balsamic was splattered on the egg, which oozed with the yolk and became an instant hot dressing. Dive headfirst into the fridge, leftovers are life.
1 Egg
1/2 Fennel
300g Brussel Sprouts
200g Broccolini
2 Baby Cos Lettuce
1 Avocado
50g Parmesan
1 Lemon
What I did -
No point going into great detail about the salad, because it can be substituted with any salad left wilting in the fridge - or indeed some cold roast vegetables. This salad was a big green slap in the face. Steamed broccoli and sprouts added hot to a bowl of chopped lettuce, fennel and silky avocado. The dressing was grated parmesan, lemon juice and olive oil emulsified together by the heat from the steamed offerings.
The next day it was still crisp - fennel is a hardy vegetable - and only had softened the rest slightly. I wouldn't go after a two day old version, a haggard bowl is never appealing. Now for the saucy bit. The egg was cracked into a frypan with a small slug of oil, fried to perfection (about a minute and a half), then slid off the pan onto the greens.
Dusted with salt + pepper and polka dotted with balsamic vinegar. Hard to resist plunging a knife deep into the yolk - so don't. Sacrifice the egg for survival.
JG
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