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    Martha Collison's Dad's baked eggs full English

    • Preparation time: 15 minutes
    • Cooking time: 30 minutes
    • Total time: 45 minutes

    Serves: 3 - 4

    Ingredients

    2 medium baking potatoes
    25g butter
    ½ tbsp vegetable or sunflower oil
    75g chestnut mushrooms, chopped
    75g cherry tomatoes, halved
    77g pack diced pancetta
    100g black pudding
    6 Waitrose British Blacktail Large Free Range Eggs
    Roughly chopped parsley, to serve (optional)
     

    Method

    1. Preheat the oven to 200°C, gas mark 6. Grate the potatoes coarsely (no need to peel) and rinse with cold water to wash away any excess starch. Place the potato into a clean tea towel or sheet of muslin and squeeze out as much of the moisture as you can.

    2. Melt the butter in a large ovenproof frying pan, then add the grated potato. Season, then fry for 5 minutes until the potato starts to colour. Use a spatula to spread the potato into an even layer, pushing it up the sides of the pan to form a nest, then place the pan into the oven.

    3. When the potato has been baking for 10 minutes, start to fry the toppings in a separate frying pan. Heat the oil, then add the mushrooms and fry for 3-4 minutes or until soft. Open the oven and sprinkle the mushrooms over the potato base. Scatter over the halved tomatoes at this point too.

    4. Next, fry the pancetta until crispy, around 2-3 minutes. Tip onto a piece of kitchen paper to absorb any excess oil, then add to the potato in the oven. Finally, crumble the black pudding into the pan and fry for a few minutes until just beginning to crisp, then arrange on the base with the other ingredients.

    5. Remove the pan from the oven and carefully make 6 small craters in the topping ingredients for the eggs to sit in. Crack the eggs into the holes, then return the pan to the oven and bake for a final 8 minutes, or until the white no longer jiggles when shaken. Finish the dish with a crack of black pepper and chopped parsley if you like, then serve as an impressive Father’s Day breakfast!
     

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    Martha's tipIf you don’t have an oven-proof frying pan, don’t fear! Fry the potato as directed, then transfer into a roasting dish, pie dish or even a cake tin. Spread thinly to form a nest, then continue the cooking as described.
     

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