Soft-boiled duck egg with bacon & asparagus soldiers
Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only
Boiled egg and soldiers goes grown up, with pancetta and asparagus sourdough fingers and creamy duck eggs
- Prep:15 mins
Cook:20 mins
- Serves 4
- Easy
Nutrition per serving
- kcal 306
- fat 19g
- saturates 6g
- carbs 14g
- sugars 1g
- fibre 2g
- protein 20g
- salt 2g
Ingredients
- 8 asparagus spears (about 300g), woody ends discarded
- 4 long thin slices rustic bread (preferably sourdough)
- 8 rashers smoked streaky bacon or pancetta
- 4 duck eggs
Method
Heat your grill to high. Snap off the woody ends of the asparagus spears and discard. Cut the bread into 12 soldiers, a little shorter than the asparagus.
Place a spear onto each soldier and wrap tightly with a rasher of bacon. Place on a baking tray, season and grill for 15 mins or until the bacon is crisp.
Bring a pan of salted water to the boil and simmer the duck eggs for about 7 mins, to get a runny yolk and a cooked white. Serve immediately with the warm soldiers for dipping.