Best British Fare, Traditional Recipes, Scottish Recipes, Irish Recipes, Welsh Recipes, English Recipes 

 

POOR KNIGHTS


More of a snack than a meal - and how else can I describe this
delightful recipe passed on to me by a friend? It consists of egg
toast in wine - a sublime mixture of simple food and gourmet
tastes!
Ingredients:
4 Thick slices of bread
200 ml White wine
2 Eggs
½ tsp Cinnamon
1¼ tbsp Sugar
Icing sugar
Serves 4 - (1 slice per person)
Method :
1. Beat the eggs. Cut the crusts off the slices of bread and discard
the crusts. Cut the bread slices in to four equal quarters.
2. Place the bread into a fairly deep dish.
3. Mix the eggs with the wine, sugar and cinnamon. Once fully
mixed pour over the bread slices and leave them to soak up the
mixture for 3 or 4 minutes.
4. Put enough cooking oil in a frying pan until it is about ¼" deep
and then heat. Once the oil is hot, gently slide an egg covered
bread slice into the oil. Take care you do not splash oil everywhere
as it will spit hot oil. Fry until golden brown, then turn over the
slice and fry the other side until golden brown.
5. Take out and let drain on either kitchen paper or a cake cooling
rack.
6. Let most of the oil drain off, but whilst the toast is still warm,
sprinkle with a little icing sugar and (if to your taste) a little
cinnamon.
7. Repeat for the other slices.