Wielkanoc - Easter

Easter Sunday table

In the Polish tradition we celebrate Easter Sunday by having a big breakfast feast. This mainly contains of boiled eggs with mayo, stuffed eggs, "twarozek" which is curd cheese mixed with sour cream, chives and chopped radishes but these are just basics because every Polish person will have their own opinion on what should be on the Easter table:)
Here is mine - eggs with mayo, twarozek, stuffed eggs and three types of bread. Also my friend who was with us on Easter Sunday made a wonderful potato salad. All in all the result is on the picture.

Eggs and mayo

 

Twarozek

Great potato salad made by my friend

 Stuffed eggs (5 eggs - 10 halves)

Ingredients:
5 hard boiled eggs 

Stuffed eggs

1,5 big flat mushrooms finely chopped
1 medium shallot, peeled and chopped finely
1 tsp of chipotles en adobo (optional)
cumin or any other favourite spices (if not adding chipotles paste)
1 tsp paprika
2 tbs of mayo
1 tbsp chopped fresh chives
1 tbs chopped fresh parsley
salt and pepper
a small knob of butter and a splash of oil

Let's do it:
In a frying pan melt butter with a splash of oil and add the shallot, fry for 2 minutes on a low gas and if using add 1 tsp of chipotles en adobo paste (or other spices), paprika and then chopped mushrooms. Fry until shallots and mushrooms are tender. This will take no longer than 10 minutes. Put aside and make sure that the mixture is cooled before further steps. In the meantime peel eggs and cut alongside in halves taking out the yolks, puree yolks with a fork. When the mushroom and shallot mixture is cold in a bowl mix it with yolks, mayo, salt, pepper and herbs and mix well. Stuff eggs generously and serve with bread.

I baked three breads. One from Paul Hollywood's Bread book which is a classic bloomer which I mentioned in the earlier post. The other two were:
Classic soda bread by Hugh F-W
and
Nigel Slater's rye bread, but I did not add cheese to this one, although I did add walnuts. Great bread, very much like polish "graham".
Happy Easter!

Scrumbled eggs

This is when you are in a need of a comfort and satisfying veggie breakfast:)


Scrambled eggs with veggie pepperoni and mushrooms
Serves 2

Ingredients:
4 medium eggs
2 small shallots, peeled and finely chopped
 knob of butter

1 tsp oil
chopped chives
few slices of veggie pepperoni (quorn)
1 tsp chipotle en adobo paste
1.5 of big flat mushrooms, thickly sliced

Let's do it:
Heat the frying pan, sweat shallots for a few minutes. Stir in 1tsp of chipotle paste and roughly cut few slices of quorn pepperoni, fry for a minute or two. Crack and add eggs into the frying pan, stir well and continioulsy stir until eggs cooked but all is still moist.
Seperately heat up the griddle pan, add some oil and a knob of butter and when butter melted add mushrooms. Fry for a few minutes turning once until slightly browned on the top.

Serve with good quality bread. I made a bloomer, it's from Paul Hollywood's Bread