Irish breakfast

Ingredients


  • 2 tbs extra virgin olive oil
  • 40g butter
  • 2 (about 250g) cured chorizo, sliced 5mm thick diagonally
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ sourdough baguette, sliced 3mm thick diagonally
  • ½ garlic clove
  • ½ cup (100g) pearl barley, cooked according to packet instructions
  • Juice of ½ a lemon
  • 4 slices prosciutto
  • 1 cup watercress sprigs

TO SERVE

  • Torn flat-leaf parsley leaves

Description

  • 1.

    Heat olive oil and butter in a large frying pan over medium heat. Add chorizo and cook, turning once, for 5 minutes or until browned. Transfer to a plate and loosely cover with foil to keep warm, reserving the cooking juices in the pan. In the same pan, fry the eggs sunny-side up for 4 minutes or until whites are firm. Transfer eggs to a plate and loosely cover with foil. Fry the sourdough slices in the pan for 2 minutes each side or until crisp and golden, then gently rub with cut side of garlic. Place on a plate lined with paper towel. Add cooked pearl barley to pan, stir to coat with cooking juices and warm through, then stir in the lemon juice.

  • 2.

    Divide barley, chorizo, eggs and fried bread between warmed plates, top with prosciutto, watercress and parsley, season and serve with lemon wedges.