Bacon, Sausage and
Potato Raclette Breakfast
for
for
The Breakfast Club
Breakfast Club #14: Potatoes hosted by
Scrumptious Sally
Normally on Saturday I do a Herbs on Saturday feature, but I am behind this week, so I will post it midweek if I can……I could have added herbs to my recipe today, but I will post it as made for now ~ so many recipes, so little time! And, I wanted to participate in The Breakfast Club this month too, and time is running out.
Saturday at last, what a busy week it’s been for me; however, we are invited to a friend’s for dinner tonight, so I will have the night off ~ YES! The weather is VERY Autumnal now ~ that peculiar early Autumn weather of winds and rain, as if the new season is testing out the variations on weather patterns and throwing the worst into the ring first…….but I am loving the cool, it got so humid last week it nearly drove me mad. My POOR hens do NOT like the wind at all though……and they have been lurking underneath a garden seat most of the day, lest their bustles get blown about; they DID lay 3 perfect eggs this morning though, to add to my weekly egg booty ~ bless their downy bottoms!
That’s a Mavis feather you can see in the basket, it was stuck to an egg and I left it in the basket…..aww, so sweet ~ I LOVE my hens…..and right next to their hen-hut and run (although they are 100% free-range now), is a wonderful David Austin rose; I brought it back from England last year, unfortunately the name label has blown away and I forget what it’s called, but there tucked away at the back was the last rose of summer, which is unusually late to be flowering for an old fashioned shrub rose….it warmed the cockles of my heart when I saw it….and there are 2 more buds ready to open soon too.
But back to breakfast, and this one was a culinary triumph ~ a bit naughty, but we do eat very healthily for most of the week ~ lots of fruit and veg and very little red meat, so pourquoi pas eh? We had some Raclette cheese left over from the B and B guest’s meal the other night, back to that cheese later, and also some wee Strasbourg sausages (cocktail sausages) and some bacon (lardons)……then there was some leftover boiled spuds and so a new leftover recipe was born…this was a quick and tasty “throw together” breakfast dish and it will certainly set us up for the day…..and maybe tomorrow too!
Raclette ~ a wonderful Swiss recipe, although certain parts of France lay claim to it too……it is both the name of the dish (recipe) and the cheese, and in France I can buy packs of very high quality Raclette cheese, a special cheese which melts into a molten mass of golden deliciousness. I have 2 Raclette table top grills, and the B and B guests LOVE it; I serve the Raclette cheese along with boiled potatoes, charcuterie, bacon/lardons, Strasbourg/cocktail sausages, chopped tomatoes, mushrooms, eggs and chopped onions……the idea is to melt the cheese along with all of the other tasty tit-bits in a little pan under a grill for a fun, tactile and tasty meal. I will post photos of a full Raclette meal here one day…..
As you can see from the photos, the cheese melts like a dream and made a nice topping to my naughty brekkie. As I said, I had numerous bits and pieces hanging around the fridge from the last Raclette party, so I did a bit of a fry up! We are normally quite frugal with breakfast, toast and fruit juice, or yoghurt, cereal and porridge…..but now and then, it’s nice to have an early morning culinary blow out, and this was it. If you can’t get hold of Raclette cheese, use anther good melting cheese such as Gruyere,
Fontina, Emmental or Fontal. You can make this a vegetarian recipe by omitting the bacon and sausages and adding mushrooms and tomatoes, the options are endless.
Okay ~ time to go soon, I have hens to herd and dishes to wash, here is the recipe, and I also have printable recipes now, with a BIG thanks to Marie who talked me through how to add that option to my blog ~ another BIG thanks Marie!
Bacon, Sausage and
Potato Raclette Breakfast
(Serves 2)
Ingredients:
Cold cooked potatoes, about 4 medium potatoes, cut into cubes
Bacon/lardons, about 50g (2ozs)
Mini Strasbourg sausages (cocktail sausages), about 12
Chopped onions, about half an onion
4 slices of Raclette cheese
salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 teaspoons olive oil
paprika, optional
Method:
Fry the onions, sausages and bacon/lardons in the olive oil until the onions are soft and the bacon is crispy. (The sausages should be coloured nicely too)
Add the potatoes and fry for a further 5 to 8 minutes or until the potatoes are crispy around the edges and golden brown.
Place the slices of Raclette cheese on top of the potato mixture and allow to melt, as soon as it has melted, serve on warm plates and season to taste with salt and black pepper, as well as a sprinkling of paprika if desired.
Have a great Saturday and weekend, see you later….for Slow Sunday.
Karen
Karen, just the breakfast for these autumnal mornings.
Glad you were able to understand my instructions Karen!! I am not that good at describing things! Love your breakfast here. Todd would adore it. He is a meat and potatoes man. I love raclette. We have a tabletop grill too and it's always such an enjoyable experience when we do one here. The only thing which keeps me from having chickens here Karen is not knowing what I would do with them should be go on hols. I used to have chickens back in Canada and neighbours I could trust. I miss the sound of a rooster in the morning. Down south the neighbors peacocks always woke us up. xxoo
That has made my mouth water, and I don't normally eat meat!
And hurrah, printed recipes 😀
So loved the pics of the eggs and the beautiful rose 😀
This looks amazing. We also try to eat healthily for most of the week but I would definitely make an exception for this. As my gran always used to say, a little of what you fancy does you good!
looks tasty.
I was hoping you'd show how you use your raclette grill for this. I'm still looking for new raclette recipes for mine. That looks totally yummy, though!
We love raclette too..Herding the hens:) Love that expression..Could your rose be
Crown Princess Margareta.
I have her here..
Looks familiar:) have fun tonight~
Feeling guilty I need to add printable recipe feature to my blog… And I am taking great pride in the girl's accomplishments…
Via Con Hueves!
This is making me drool… bad idea to look at all that lovely toasted cheese during diet week!
Thank you for joining us at Breakfast Club this month x
This is pure comfort food! Fab. I have a raclette somewhere which I need to get out!
I made this for the Culinary Quest for breakfast over the weekend. I’d hoped to get the Strasbourg sausages but no luck. I bought knackwurst instead which are similar but larger, and sliced them, only to remember when all was said and done that I might have bought the cocktail frankfurters in the type like “Lil’ Smokies”. But no problem. Everything worked up swimmingly and make a nice heart breakky for all. 5-star plus! ~Sue
Thanks so much Sue and I am really pleased that this simple breakfast idea worked for you and you were able to adapt it to local ingredients! Karen
made this mr picky was happy man made for cherry bombers
Delicious dish! I had some mushrooms to use up, so I threw those in, as well, after being inspired by the tomato/mushroom idea. Thanks for sharing! CQ2
Thanks so much and I LOVE the addition of mushrooms too! Karen