Potato Hash with Baked Egg

So i think i saw a dish similar to this on foodgawker or something, and it had been sitting in my head for a while, and really it involves ingredients i almost always have - so one lazy saturday - which i have way to few of these days, i decided to chef-it-up and make this egg baked in potato hash.




For the hash i used the standard onions and garlic. I cut the potatoes smaller than i would usually, and boiled them first - it allows you to make a better crust on them.

boiled potatoes

I did the potatoes for a while then added the onion and garlic. This way takes a lot of patience.

Once the potatoes were crispy i made a small well and cracked an egg in it. I then seasoned it with pepper and added some shredded cheese, putting it in the oven, i think i had it pretty high - maybe 450. Important to use a pan that can go from stovetop to oven.

The hardest part was taking this out of the pan effectively - the presentation wasn't as centred as i would like, but this would actually be a really good thing to make for a group in a larger pan. It was actually amazing, and i ate everything on that plate!!!

Banana Brie French Toast

Now i don't usually make french toast, i'm not a big sweet breakfast kinda person, but occasionally i like to make something a little challenging and just different. I had some of the brie left over from the Cheese Dinner Feast, and thought it would make a nice addition to "stuffed" french toast.

La Hacienda (which i'm sure you're all sick of reading about) has a french toast i've mentioned before that uses croissants and has brie and various fruits inside. I took that as a inspiration and made a banana french toast with brie and candied walnuts.

For the egg mixture i did eggs, milk, vanilla, cinnamon and maple syrup. Before i put the french toast together i heated up some butter and added the walnuts and some more maple syrup, cooking them until they were browned and crispy with the sugar.

I made this french toast both on the stove top and the oven. I did the bread in the egg mixture, cooking both sides. I then lay four pieces out, added sliced bananas, brie, walnuts and a bit of syrup.


I then topped them with another piece of the french toast, poured some of the left over egg mixture and walnuts and baked it for about 7 minutes. When they were done i put them on a platter, added the rest of the nuts, some more syrup and butter. (yeah i love maple syrup).

A decedent brunch on a rainy sunday.