Name: Toasty Eggs
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 6 min
Total time: 11 min
Ingredients: 1 slice x 2cm thick sour dough bread; 2 tsp rapeseed oil; 1 medium egg; 1 tbsp grated mature hard cheese; 2 sprigs parsley (chopped)

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Toasty Eggs are an enjoyable way of getting children to eat breakfast. Cutting out a circle of the slice of bread and cooking the egg in the hole. Its a fun way for children to get involved in cooking. Serving this dish for breakfast and brunch or even as a fast snack, the plate is always finished.

Toasty Eggs

Instead of having eggs on toast how about having egg in toast? This is a lovely change that the kids love.

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Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: British

Keyword: Bread, Breakfast-Brunch, Cheese, Eggs

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 6 minutes

Total Time: 11 minutes

Servings: person

Calories: 124kcal

Ingredients

1 slice x 2cm thick sour dough bread
2 tsp rapeseed oil
1 medium egg
1 tbsp grated mature hard cheese
2 sprigs parsley chopped

Instructions

Tear a circle of bread from the centre of the slice about the size of a fried egg and reserve.
Brush both sides of the bread with a little oil and fry 1 side for 2 minutes in a non-stick frying pan, turn the bread over and crack the egg into the hole in the middle, cook gently for 2 minutes.
Transfer to a baking tray and sprinkle with cheese, place under a preheated grill for 1-2 minute until golden.
Meanwhile, place the circle of bread and parsley in a small food processor to make crumbs, heat the remaining oil in the same frying pan and fry crumbs for 1-2 minutes until golden, serve sprinkled over the toasty eggs.