Sometimes a special breakfast is just what you need to kickstart a dull day. But then anything special takes too much time and mindspace right? Wrong. Here's how. 1 egg, 3 slices of bread, 2 slices of ham or salami and a tablespoon of grated cheese. 15 mins of preparation time ( including prep and baking) is all you need. Lets get right down to it. My hostel confined foodie son often experiments when he is home for the holidays. Cooking and photography are both passions, so we end up with visually exciting tretas. Now the test is in the amount of fuss needed from collecting the ingredients to plating it. This one ranks high on accesibility, ease of assembly, cooking time and visual appeal. Here goes....
To make 6 pockets
6 slices of bread ( We have used multigrain bread)
2 eggs, beaten well
3 slices of ham cut into 4 strips each OR 6 slices of salami each cut into 2
2 tablespoon grated cheese of choice ( the non stringy variety is best)
salt to taste
2 tsp of mixed herbs ( oregano, rosemary, thyme, garlic, celery or any other herbs of choice)
butter for greasing
Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius. Using a round cookie cutter or glass, cut out a large disc from the bread slice. preserve the outside to make croutons .Using a rolling pin, flatten the bread slices. Grease a muffin tray with some melted butter. Place the bread discs to line the muffin tin. Use the ham/ salami strips to line the inside of the muffin tray in the way that they overlap the bread disc. season the beaten eggs with salt and herbs. Divide the egg mixture equally into the 6 muffin tins. Sprinkle the grated cheese equally over the egg mixture. Garnish with mixed herbs. Bake in the oven for 10 mins at 200 Deg C. Its ready to serve.
