Inspirations for small spaces...

Here's the first recipe that I'm gonna post up here and since it's the first, breakfast shall be it as it's the first and most important meal that we should always have at the start of the day. Click on the Flickr link at the end of this post to look at the hi-res photos 

You'll need:

3 eggs
3 slices of bread (Preferably hard bread like Sourdough, Ciabatta)
3 tomatoes
Few slices of Smoked Duck or bacon
1knob of butter
Olive oil
Sprinkle of Cheese (May use Parmesan or Mozzarella)
Salt and Black Pepper

Preparation:

Now start heating up the toaster and pan, not forgetting to drizzle a bit of olive oil into the pan. Once everything's hot, chuck your bread into the toaster, tomatoes and smoke duck into the pan. Take note here, if you're using Bacon or any other kind of meat with fat, go easy on the olive oil as the cooking process will release the oils from the meat.


While the tomatoes and duck are searing, crack the eggs into the pan and add in the knob of butter. It would be better to use unsalted butter so that you can have more control over the amount of salt you'll be adding later. Now this is extremely important, many people make the mistake of whisking or beating the eggs separately before scrambling. NO DON'T DO that, for goodness sake we're not making an omelette or Fu Yong egg here~! You need to control the entire heating process which is a simple technique I will explain later. Second mistake people often make is by seasoning the eggs way before. Adding salt so early will only break the eggs down and make them watery so please AVOID doing that.

Here comes the heating technique, it may take a while to master but it's really easy, no rocket science at all. With the eggs and butter in the pan, start the fire and keep stirring non-stop, treat it like a risotto. Once you see the egg starting to solidify and judge for yourself, if you feel that the eggs are cooking all too quickly, remove the pan from the heat to one side and keep stirring, the heat in the pan will keep the eggs cooking. Remember to scrap the sides of the pan otherwise the eggs will burn. Once it cools down too much, bring it back to the heat and repeat the same process again. Remember, KEEP STIRING.

At this point of time, you might want to double check on your toasts, if they are ready, go ahead and plate them and drizzle some olive oil over them. Check on your tomatoes and duck as well, make sure you flip them or they'll burn. If they're done, go ahead and plate them too.

Back to the eggs, once they're almost done, it's time to add the cheese and salt. Stir well and remove from the heat then pour the eggs over the bread. Sprinkle black pepper over the eggs and serve with a cup of nice hot coffee for a nice kick start to the day or even a glass of bloody mary of champagne during those happy weekends.