English breakfast - 8 traditional recipes

The English breakfast includes strictly defined products that have not changed for centuries. Knowledge and recipes are passed down from generation to generation. The dishes are not very diverse, but they are hearty and quite high-calorie ones.

Traditional English breakfast: composition of dishes

The British traditionally start the day with a cup of tea, which they always drink in bed. Then oatmeal is served on the table.

After this follows the mandatory seven products:

• two fried sausages;
• classic fried crispy bacon;
• a pair of tomatoes sprinkled with oil left over from bacon;
• fried champignons;
• white beans with tomato;
• fried eggs traditionally made from two eggs;
• two toasts coated with butter or jam.

It is customary to drink it with a cup of coffee, tea with the addition of milk or orange juice. Occasionally, pancakes with jam or milk with cereal are included in the diet.

All of the listed products are laid out on one dish. Fried eggs always take pride of place in the center; other products frame it.

The tradition of preparing a hearty breakfast has come from distant times. In poor families, the British needed to have a strong meal in the morning to do hard work all day. At lunch, they did not have time to eat additionally, and the next meal came only in the late evening. A high-calorie breakfast provided full-day fullness.

And despite the fact that times have long changed and the rhythm of life has become much easier, the tradition of eating solid food has remained in the morning.

Classic bacon and eggs in English

No classic English breakfast is complete without bacon and scrambled eggs. The number of products is designed for two servings.

Ingredients:

• egg - 4 pcs.;
• olive oil - 2 tbsp. spoons;
• bacon - 6 slices;
• salt;
• toasts - 4 pcs.;
• tomato - 1 pc.;
• ground chili pepper - 0.1 tsp;
• paprika - 0.5 tsp.

Cooking:

1. Cut the tomato into four parts.
2. Warm up the pan. Place the bacon. To withstand one and a half minutes, turn over. Hold as much time. Place on a plate covered with a paper towel. To cover with a lid.
3. Pour fragrant oil without washing the pan. Place the tomatoes. Sprinkle with chili and paprika. Hold a minute. Drive eggs. To salt. Fry for two minutes. The yolk should remain whole and not fried.
4. Put in two dishes. Nearby place bacon and toast.

Bean stew in tomato sauce

This warming dish will help maintain vitality and good mood. It will give a boost of energy for the whole day.

Ingredients:

• dry beans - 1.5 cups;
• garlic - 2 cloves;
• onion - 1 pc.;
• sugar - 1 tsp;
• spices;
• oil;
• champignons - 140 g;
• carrots - 1 pc.;
• chopped tomatoes in their own juice - 200 g.

Cooking:

1. In the evening, pour the beans with water. Boil in the morning. The time will take about two hours.
2. Carrots will need cubes.
3. Onions - in small pieces.
4. Send vegetables to the pan, pour oil, fry. Bring the onion to a transparent state. 3-5 minutes is enough. Transfer to any container.
5. Chop mushrooms. Place in a skillet from fried vegetables. Darken for seven minutes. Return the vegetables back. Pour in grated tomatoes. Sweeten. Pour spicy herbs. Add the beans and chopped garlic cloves. Stir and simmer for three minutes.

In fact, few English people cook this dish at home. Most often, the product is bought in canned foods in supermarkets and warmed up.

English pancake breakfast with jam

Dry and very tasty - these are English pancakes. It turns out lush and airy. The main difference from ours is that the pancakes are thick and they never add oil to the pan for cooking.

Ingredients:

• milk - 210 ml;
• salt - a pinch;
• baking powder - 2 tsp;
• sugar - 2 tbsp. spoons;
• vanilla - a pinch;
• egg - 3 pcs.;
• flour - 135 g;
• jam;
• butter - 2 tbsp. spoons.

Cooking:

1. Add salt to the yolks. Beat with a whisk. Pour in milk and sprinkle flour. Mix. Add baking powder. Continue mixing until the mixture is homogeneous.
2. Turn on the mixer, and turn the proteins into foam. Send to the dough and mix gently.
3. Melt the butter and pour into the dough. Stir.
4. Heat the pan and pour the ladle into the mass. When bubbles form on the surface, turn over. To fry.
5. Place on a plate and serve with jam. The British prefer strawberry delicacies.

Oatmeal with cream

Even Lords eat this dish for breakfast. Try a true English cooking option.

Ingredients:

• sugar - 3 tsp;
• water - 950 ml;
• plum jam;
• oatmeal - 2 mugs;
• salt - 3 g;
• cream - 125 ml.

Cooking:

1. To salt water. Fall asleep flakes. Boil. Boil for five minutes. Flakes should become soft.
2. Put in bowls. Pour in cream. Sprinkle with sugar. Serve with jam.

Recipe with sausages and mushrooms

The English have a pretty hearty breakfast. We have such a dish can be consumed at any time of the day.

Ingredients:

• thick sausage - 1 pc.;
• bell pepper - 1 pc.;
• vegetable oil;
• champignons - 5 pcs.;
• canned beans - 0.5 cans;
• salt;
• egg - 2 pcs.;
• pepper;
• smoked bacon - 2 strips;
• black pudding - 1 piece;
• butter;
• bread - 2 pieces;
• tomatoes - 1 pc.

Cooking:

1. Beans with sauce to move in a pan. Sprinkle with pepper and warm for nine minutes over low heat. Add butter. Mix.
2. Now you need a grill. Fry sausages at medium temperature. Put on the dish. Fry the bacon.
3. Place whole mushrooms and a tomato, cut into two, in a pan. Pour in oil and fry.
4. Place a black pudding in the pan. Drive eggs. Toast. Dry the bread in the toaster.
5. Warm up the dish and place all prepared foods.Serve with strong tea.

When buying sausages, remember that English is not like our dairy. These are spicy sausages or sausages that are made from chicken or pork.

English toasts

Not a single English breakfast is complete without toast. You can just fry the bread or make an incredibly tasty dish.

Ingredients:

• cheese - 90 g;
• beer - 650 ml;
• bread - 4 pieces;
• butter - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
• yolk - 2 pcs.

Cooking:

1. Cut pieces of bread in half. Melt the butter in a pan. Place the bread. Fry.
2. Grate the cheese. To salt. Pour in the yolks and beer. Lubricate each piece of bread with the resulting mass. The layer should be thick. Sprinkle with pepper.
3. Microwave at low power, melt the cheese.

You can prepare an easier option for breakfast. To do this, dry the bread in the toaster until golden brown. They can be served with salted butter or orange jam.

Egg toast cream

You can diversify the taste of the cream by adding any additives to your taste: berries, liquor, almonds, cocoa, mint.

Ingredients:

• vanilla sugar - 4 tsp;
• yolk - 11 pcs. room temperature;
• sea ​​salt - 0.1 tsp;
• cream - 850 ml;
• cinnamon in sticks - 2 pcs.;
• sugar -210 g.

Cooking:

1. To make the cream saturated in color, sprinkle the yolks immediately with salt.
2. With forceps, take cinnamon and hold, constantly turning, over the lighter for half a minute. To split into pieces.
3. Pour half the granulated sugar and vanilla sugar into the cream. Put cinnamon. Boil. Insist under the lid for a quarter of an hour. Get cinnamon.
4. Pour the remaining sugar into the yolks. Beat. The mass should turn white. Boil the cream. Constantly whipping the yolks pour in a small portion of the creamy mass.
5. Boil the resulting cream over low heat. The mass should thicken. Pour into a bowl and cover with foil. It will help the cream not crust over. Cool.

How and what to submit correctly

Breakfast at the British high-calorie and very heavy. He is able to saturate the body for the coming day. It does not differ in variety, but traditionally its composition has not been changed for several centuries.

Breakfast includes several dishes, which are necessarily placed on the same plate and served in a specific color option. A pair of yellow eyes of fried eggs, bordered by white clouds of fried proteins, pink beans, brown champignons, almost black sausages, saturated tomato stain and golden toasts from the edge.

 

Complement the famous breakfast with a large bottle of ketchup. Served with a cup of coffee, tea with milk or orange juice.