Poached Eggs on Fried Tomatoes
A historical recipe from Many Ways for Cooking Eggs, by S. T. Rorer.
A historical recipe
Many Ways for Cooking Eggs, by S. T. Rorer. Project Gutenberg eBook #6429.
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Source and licence
From Many Ways for Cooking Eggs, by S. T. Rorer. Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #6429 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6429). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.
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Ingredients
Method
- Cut solid tomatoes into slices a quarter of an inch thick, dust them with salt and pepper, dip them in egg beaten with a tablespoonful of water, roll them thickly with bread crumbs, dip them again in the egg, dust again with bread crumbs, and fry in deep hot fat.
- Drain on brown paper, dish on a heated platter, put a poached egg in the center of each slice, dust with salt and pepper, put a tablespoonful of tomato sauce over each egg and send at once to the table.
- Cream sauce may be used in the place of tomato sauce.