Bacon and Egg Toast cups

Bacon and Egg Toast Cups

Ingredients
Unsalted butter, room temperature
12 slices sandwich bread
6 whole rashers of bacon
1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese
12 small eggs
salt and pepper

Method
1) Preheat oven to 180C (160C fan forced).
2) In a large skillet or frying pan, cook bacon over medium heat. Under-cook slightly, the bacon will continue to cook once in the oven.
3) Trim the bread of all crusts and lightly butter one side.
4) Gently press into each muffin cup (12 cup tin). There will be pointing bits sticking up (see end product picture above).
5) Lay one bacon slice into each cup (on side around edge of circle) and sprinkle with a pinch of shredded cheese.
6) Crack one egg into each cup and season with salt and pepper, to taste, then bake until the egg whites are just set, about 15- 20 minutes.
7) Run a knife around cups to loosen and serve immediately.
Delicious and so easy to make!

Corn and bacon Muffins

Corn and Bacon Muffins

Ingredients:

6 rashers of bacon 

1 large brown onion

120 ml milk

2 large eggs

60g melted butter

1 can corn kernels (410g)

300g Self Rising flour, sifted

1cup Grated Cheddar Cheese 

1 tsp of paprika powder

Salt to taste

Method:

Preheat oven at 200C. (180C fan forced)

Grease muffin pan.

Fry bacon and onion till lightly browned. Toss in drained can of corn, stir on heat for a minute then set aside to cool.

Whisk milk, eggs, and melted butter till well combined

Add bacon mixture and most of the cheese, mix well.

Add in flour and mix till just combined (do not over mix, batter should be lumpy)

Spoon into muffin pan.

Bake for 20mins.

Stand for 5mins before serving.

Broccolini, Bacon and Lemon Pasta

We used plain old Broccoli for this photographed. It was also a tad overcooked (thanks hubby!) so was mushy.
DON'T overcook it!

Serves 4
Ingredients
400g Rigatoni (ridged tube shaped pasta)
2 bunches of Broccolini (400g), trimmed and sliced
1/4 cup olive oil (good quality)
4-6 rashers of bacon, remove rind, chopped.
2 cloves of garlic, sliced
1 tablespoon of lemon zest (or zest of one lemon)
1/2 cup of finely grated parmesan (I use Romano instead). Get proper parmesan from a deli.
Sea Salt
Method
* Place large saucepan of salted water on to boil. Once rolling boil is achieved, add pasta.
* 1 minutes before pasta is cooked (refer to the packet you bought), add the Broccolini. Cook for further one minute. Drain and keep warm - in the large saucepan.
* Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in frypan. Add bacon and cook for 3-5 minutes or until crispy.
* Add garlic and lemon zest and cook for one minute or until fragrant.
* Add to pasta and stir through, adding remaining oil and sea salt to taste.
* Add parmesan andtoss to combine.