Thursday 28 September 2017

Spanish Inspired Breakfast Sandwich

I actually made this as a breakfast for dinner as mornings tend to be pretty crazy in my household.  The recipe comes originally from Food and Drink Holiday 2016 but I have made a couple of changes as I was not able to find all of the ingredients in my small town.  This is hearty and I love the pairing of the tomatoes and sausage.  I used flat bread but you could switch it up for a baguette or a thickly sliced home made loaf.

Pan Con Tomate
6 flat breads like pita or naan
3 vine ripened tomatoes
Generous pinches of sea salt
1 garlic clove

Sandwiches
6 fresh chorizo sausages
1 to 2 tsp olive oil
6 eggs
1 tbsp water
Pinch salt
1 tsp butter
2 tsp olive oil for drizzling
6 slices Havarti Cheese
2 tbsp toasted sliced almonds
Fresh thyme or oregano leaves, for garnish


  1. Preheat oven to 425F.
  2. Prepare pan con tomate by toasting flat bread until lightly golden in oven.  Meanwhile, coarsely grate tomatoes into a medium bowl.  Season with salt.  Slice garlic clove in half.  When toast is cool enough to handle but still warm, rub cut sides of garlic clove over surface of toasted bread.  SEt aside until ready to use.
  3. Squeeze meat from a sausage casing and form into a patty.  Repeat with remaining sausages so you have 6 patties in total.  Lightly oil a frying pan.  Add patties and set over medium heat.  Cook until golden and cooked through, about 5 minutes per side.  You may need to cook in batches.  Keep warm, loosely covering with coil on a baking sheet in oven (off but still warm) while you prepare eggs.
  4. Meanwhile whisk eggs with water and salt in a medium bowl.  Melt butter in a frying pan, preferably nonstick set over medium low heat.  Add eggs.  Cook, stirring and folding gently until softly scrambled 4 to 7 minutes.  Slow stirring towards the end allows scrambled eggs to hold together and be a bit omelette like so they are easy to serve.
  5. Divide toasted bread between plates.  Moisten each toasted bread piece with at least 1 heaping tbsp grated tomato mixture.  Drizzle with oil.  Layer each with a sausage patty, eggs and cheese. Sprinkle with almonds.  Garnish with fresh thyme or oregano leaves, if you like.  Serve immediately.
Serves 6

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