This dish is easy, very filling and extremely versatile as you can embellish it all you wish.
I’ve been enjoying it in various forms for years and always roll it out on special occasions, with a glass of bubbly (for breakfast – how very decadent!)
Essential Ingredients:
Banana
Mushrooms
Brie
Croissant or nice bread
Additional Ingredient Suggestions:
Bacon
Spinach
Egg (hard boiled, poached or fried)
Bubbly (or should this be under the “essential ingredients” heading?)
Method:
Chop up a banana – either lengthways to make long slices, although these can be difficult to keep in one piece once they soften in the pan and your mushrooms.
If you’d like to give your dish a bit of a kick, sprinkle in 1/4 teaspoon of chilli flakes, or chop up a fresh chilli.
Put your egg on to boil/poach or fry. If you want your egg yolk to run over your dish, boil for 3 minutes and remove from the heat.
Put your bacon (if having) under a medium grill to cook
Melt a knob of butter in a non-stick flying pan and fry your chopped banana and mushrooms on a medium/high heat, allowing the banana to brown slightly
Slice your brie and warm your croissants or, if using bread, lightly toast it.
Wash your spinach and pop into a pan with just a little water ready to wilt.
When the bananas, mushrooms (and bacon, if having) are cooked, put the warmed croissants (or toasted bread) on the plate they’ll be served on. Load the bananas and mushrooms on top, put the bacon on top of this and spread slices of brie over the dish and put under a medium grill to melt the brie to your desired texture (I like mine bubbly and browning, but some people prefer the brie only slightly melted.
While this is grilling, wilt your spinach on the hob, peel your hard/semi-hard boiled egg.
Be careful removing your plate from under the grill as it’ll be very hot.
Put your egg on top (if having).
Drain your spinach, squeezing the water out well and arrange on the plate beside your brie dish.
I like mine with brown sauce. Sweet chilli sauce also works well.
Serve with cold bubbly, bucks fizz or fresh orange juice and enjoy.
This is a dish you can adjust to suit your own taste. Don’t expect to want lunch if you have it for breakfast.
Thank you, Maria, for providing a menu for an excellent, easy-to-make dish. You should add cooking to the other skills referred to in your biog!