A Taste of Mediterranean Menu

This dish  may look quite simple but it can turn  to an exquisite dish if we use eggs of farm grown hens, a decent ham,  Spanish asparagus and extra virgin olive oil.

We can  grill, sauté or steam the asparagus and  fry or poach the eggs but make sure that the asparagus is  cooked al dente.  

Another way of poaching eggs is to cover a cup or a small bowl with transparent plastic  in a way that it overlaps the edges.  Add a little oil where it covers the cup and crack the egg on top.  Close the edges as if it were a candy inside.  Put this wrap in boiling water for 3-4 minutes.  The egg  should be half done in case you want to place it over  the asparagus cooked in an oven.

Enjoy your Mediterranean dish.

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A Different Breakfast

 

Instead of having  breakfast in bed, why not go out and have it outdoors ?  This apple pie is  simply delicious and here is a simple and easy recipe.

Apple Pastry

- Pastry dough

- 3 medium sized apples or 2 big ones

- 1/2 cup  brown sugar

- 1 tbs.  cinnamon

- 1 tbs.  butter

Preheat the oven at 250ºC.  Peel and cut the apples in cubes  then place them in a recipient adding in  sugar, cinnamon and butter.  Mix.  Extend the dough and cut it in rectangles of 1/2 cm thick.  In one of the rectangles, place the apple in the center leaving space in the sides and cover with the other part.  Seal the borders with the help of a fork and make three cuts in the center to avoid inflating.  Place the pastries in a greased oven dish and bake until golden brown for about 15 mins.  Serve either hot or cold.

Have a wonderful breakfast!

Yo Dona
Patricia de los Ángeles
June 4, 2011