Breakfast, Romance, Food

"There is no love sincerer
than the love of food"
George Bernard Shaw

It was the Victorians we thank for the habit of signing a Valentine's card with an 'X' as they considered it bad luck to sign their actual name.

Today we say 'I love you' with these tasty breakfast ideas - something to share this weekend.

Morning Sweetheart

Even a simple visual gesture turns a continental style breakfast into something more meaningful.

Turn croissants into rich bacon sandwiches with smoked streaky bacon, the grownup Persian spices of Stokes Brown Sauce and a couple of 'hearty' eggs to put a smile on the breakfast tray.

Love Tasty - Love Stokes

Eggy Bread

Elevate the humble yet tasty 'Eggy Bread' to French Toast or delicious Pain Perdu for Valentine's Day family fun. It's all pretty much the same thing and there are so so many variations on the theme.

Whisk 2 or 3 eggs together with 80ml of full cream milk and 40ml of double cream. Pour this over 4 thick slices of brioche, letting them soak up the creamy mixture on both sides for 3 or 4 minutes.

While the slices are frying in a little oil for a few minutes until golden brown and crisp, dot the soft upper side with Stokes Chilli Jam before turning them and frying that side.

Drizzled with honey, these can be served with fruit and Stokes Extra Blackcurrant Jam, or with bacon and our Brown Sauce - or both !

Sausage & Egg Mess

Shop-bought waffles make an easy alternative to toast. Here, we toast them until crisp, tear them and keep them warm.

Take the meat from the skin of 2 or 3 butcher's sausages, smash it up on a plate, add 1 or 2 tbsp of Stokes Brown Sauce and break the meat into smaller pieces. Put the sausage meat onto a baking tray then bake it in a hot oven until it becomes well coloured and slightly crunchy.

Dress the plate with crunchy broken waffles, sausage crumbs and a poached (or fried) egg. Finish with a good drizzle of hollandaise sauce - try this instant 'mock' hollandaise sauce recipe, below.

Instant 'Mock' Hollandaise - Stokes Style

Mix 4 tbsp of Stokes Real Mayonnaise with 1 or 2 tsp (to taste) of Stokes Dijon Mustard and the juice of 1/2 a lemon. Beat this together and add 2 tbsp of melted butter. Whisk this vigorously to avoid it splitting.

Smoked Salmon Eggs Benedict

For this dish, use the hollandaise sauce as above or, to marry with the smoked salmon, use 1 or 2 tsp (to taste) of Stokes Mustard & Dill Sauce instead of the Dijon mustard. It's a fabulous match.

Then, basically toast a couple of muffins, spread a little of our Real Mayonnaise on them, top with smoked salmon and a poached egg.

Smother with hollandaise sauce or dill hollandaise and share the love.

Love Tasty - Love Stokes

More foodie thoughts for the week:





Simplicity by Candlelight - 
These are a few lovely ideas for supper by candlelight, putting a little love on the plate this weekend - here.



 


The Rhythm of Jam - 
Beautiful flavour, delightful texture, time, effort, skill ... the Rhythm of Jam is the Rhythm of Life - here.  







Share the Love - of Food - 
We share this Pork Belly Bánh mì with you, just as Jamie shares his discovery of our Bloody Mary Ketchup with us all - here.

If we couldn't make it AMAZING...
we wouldn't make it at all.

FOOD MADE BETTER 
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