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Fried bread with leek and poached egg

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A slice of fried buttered bread with fried sliced leek, topped with a poached egg. For the best effect, split the egg open just before serving.

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Last modified on: September 18^th 2016

For 4 slices, you will need:

• 0 1 leek
• 1 4 slices bread
• 2 40 g butter
• 3 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 4 4 Poached eggs
• Total weight: 705 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
22 min.	9 min.	31 min.

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Step by step recipe

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Stage 1 - 8 min.

Prepare 1 leek, but do not split lengthways. Slice into rounds.

Any leek trimmings can be used in another recipe, such as leek and potato soup.

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Stage 2 - 5 min.

Trim the crusts off 4 slices bread and cut into shapes, if you wish (I have chosen lozenges here).

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Stage 3 - 3 min.

Butter the bread on both sides.

Set aside.

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Stage 4 - 2 min.

Pour 3 tablespoons olive oil into a frying pan on medium heat.

When hot, add the sliced leek...

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Stage 5 - 5 min.

...and fry until just lightly browned (not too much).

Salt and pepper after cooking.

Set aside to keep hot.

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Stage 6 - 4 min.

Using the same pan, fry the buttered bread on both sides.

Prepare 4 Poached eggs.

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Stage 7 - 2 min.

Heat the plates, then put a slice of fried bread on each one.

Add a layer of sliced leek.

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Stage 8 - 2 min.

Lay a poached egg on top and serve immediately.

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Stage 9

For the best effect, split the egg open just before serving, so that some of the yolk runs down over the leek.

Serve with the split in the egg facing the diner.

Remarks

In this recipe, everything can be prepared in advanced , then reheated and assembled at the last minute. But the bread is best fried just beforehand.

Keeping:

Should be eaten immediately.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
946 Kcal or 3,961 Kj	31 gr	147 gr	91 gr
47 %	12 %	14 %	14 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
134 Kcal or 561 Kj	4 gr	21 gr	13 gr
7 %	2 %	2 %	2 %

Per slices
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
237 Kcal or 992 Kj	8 gr	37 gr	23 gr
12 %	3 %	3 %	3 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

• For 4 slices : 1.67 €
• Per slices : 0.42 €

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Note : These prices are only approximate.

Source

Home made.

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Caramelised apple pie, Croque-monsieur gourmand, Checkerboard biscuits, Purée of Jerusalem artichokes with foie gras, Flaky brownie brioche, ... All
	Poached eggs: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Eggs Benedict , Polenta with spinach and soft-poached egg, Eggs meurette, Baked potatoes with poached egg and tuna sauce , Eggs Arsène, ... All
	Bread: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Corn salad with croutons, Scrambled eggs with butter-fried bread and fresh spinach, Italian toast, Spinach on toast with bechamel, Montbenoit's canapés, ... All
	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Warm lentil salad, Tandoori-flavoured chicken with leeks, Raw beetroot salad, Celeriac in cream and mustard sauce, Sautéed pork with mushrooms in a cream sauce., ... All

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