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Fried bread with leek and poached egg

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

Keywords for this recipe:Bread Toast Leek Poached egg

For 4 slices, you will need:

1 1 leek
2 4 slices bread
3 40 g butter
4 3 tablespoons olive oil
5 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

Stage 1 - 8 min.

Fried bread with leek and poached egg : Photo of step #1

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.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Fried bread with leek and poached egg : Photo of step #2

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

Stage 3 - 3 min.

Fried bread with leek and poached egg : Photo of step #3

Butter the bread on both sides.

Set aside.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Fried bread with leek and poached egg : Photo of step #4

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

When hot, add the sliced leek...

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Fried bread with leek and poached egg : Photo of step #5

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

Salt and pepper after cooking.

Set aside to keep hot.

Stage 6 - 4 min.

Fried bread with leek and poached egg : Photo of step #6

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

Prepare 4 Poached eggs.

Stage 7 - 2 min.

Fried bread with leek and poached egg : Photo of step #7

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

Add a layer of sliced leek.

Stage 8 - 2 min.

Fried bread with leek and poached egg : Photo of step #8

Lay a poached egg on top and serve immediately.

Stage 9

Fried bread with leek and poached egg : Photo of step #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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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Hearty leek and sprout soup, Tea and white chocolate biscuits, Green beans with tomatoes, Nicholas's fish, Clafoutis "Marie-Antoinette", ... All
	Poached eggs: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Polenta with spinach and soft-poached egg, Eggs Benedict , Tartine du pêcheur , Baked potatoes with poached egg and tuna sauce , Poached eggs with spinach and Comté milk, ... All
	Bread: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Warm autumn salad, Winemaker's toast, Croque-monsieur gourmand, Paimpol salad, Summery cheese on toast, ... All
	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Alsatian-style salad, Stuffed artichokes au gratin, Firied fillet of sea bream with polenta, Stuffed mushrooms au gratin, Fish fillet with preserved lemons, ... All

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