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Meat mains
Purple sprouting broccoli with egg, bacon and wild garlic croutons
Ingredients
- 4 eggs
- olive oil
- 2 thick slices bread, crusts removed, cut into 2cm cubes
- 2 tbsp wild garlic, finely chopped
- 100g bacon lardons (or smoked streaky bacon rashers cut into small pieces)
- 250g purple sprouting broccoli, cut into even sized pieces
- salt and pepper
Method
Prep time:
10 min
PT10M
Cooking time:
20 min
PT20M
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Step 1
Carefully lower the eggs into a pan of boiling water. Boil for 7 minutes for a soft boil, 8 for a slightly firmer yolk. Remove and plunge into a bowl of cold water. -
Step 2
Heat 4 tablespoons of oil in a frying pan. Add the cubed bread and wild garlic and season. Cook on a low-medium heat for 4-5 minutes, turning occasionally until crisp. Leave in the warm pan. -
Step 3
In another frying pan, fry off the bacon until crispy and golden brown. -
Step 4
Meanwhile, in another pan, boil the purple sprouting broccoli for 3 minutes, then drain. -
Step 5
Peel the eggs and chop into quarters. Arrange with the broccoli on serving plates and sprinkle over the bacon and croutons. Drizzle over a little extra olive oil if you like.