breakfast

Breakfast Of Champions # 45 – Pan Perdu (Arme Ritter) (French Toast)

>
>
If there is one dish made of stale bread that is served just about anywhere in the world it is Pan Perdu, also known as:
Germany (arme ritter), England (poor knights of windsor), USA and Kanada (french toast), France (pain perdu), Russia (grenki), Spain (torrijas), Finnland (köyhät ritarit), Hungary (bundás kenyér), Turkey (ekmek balığı) Holland (wentelteefje), Austria(pavesen), Portugal (rabanadas). This is but a small part of a large number of countries which serve pan perdu in one form or another.
The most basic form of preparation is stale bread or cake soaked in a mixture of milk, egg and sugar, then sauteed. From there on, many variations exist, with a few or many other ingredients added -white wine, honey, brandy, cinnamon, fruits, cream cheese, maple syrup and countless other variations, even savory ones. My own version this morning was pretty basic, I did however use chocolate pound cake instead of bread and dusted the sauteed pan perdu with castor sugar and cinnamon. You can imagine the improvement. The hot, very sweet pineapple also added to the enjoyment of this oh so simple leftover dish. Truly a champion of a breakfast, worthy to be served to a champion 🙂

>
Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !

>
>

Breakfast Of Champions # 45 – Pan Perdu (Arme Ritter)

>
>
Preparation :
>

To read instructions, hover over picture
To enlarge pictures and read instructions, click on pictures
>
>

: peel and carve fresh pineapple

: grill pineapple very slowly so it will caramelize but not burn

: beautiful 🙂

: cut chocolate poundcake into thick slices

: mix milk egg, castor sugar and a dash of vanilla extract, soak cake for a few minutes in mixture

: saute at low heat

: almost……

: Breakfast Of Champions # 45 – Pan Perdu (Arme Ritter)

: Breakfast Of Champions # 45 – Pan Perdu (Arme Ritter)

: Breakfast Of Champions # 45 – Pan Perdu (Arme Ritter)

: Breakfast Of Champions # 45 – Pan Perdu (Arme Ritter)

>
>
<
>
>
>
>
>

Breakfast Of Champions # 38 – Croissant, Ham, Spicy Chorizo & Soft Boiled Egg

“
“
Got up late today, so a substantial breakfast and no lunch will be the order of the day 🙂
Later an early dinner and to bed early, 3.30am the new work week starts 😦
:
Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !
:
:
Click here for more Breakfast Of Champions
“
“

Breakfast Of Champions # 38 – Croissant, Ham, Spicy Chorizo & Soft Boiled Egg

“

Breakfast Of Champions # 38 – Croissant, Ham, Spicy Chorizo & Soft Boiled Egg

“
“
Preparation :
“
“

fresh croissant

“

cut croissants in half

“

saute ham in garlic oil, top two croissant halves with ham

”

top with sliced spicy chorizo

“

top remaining two croissant halves with sweet chili sauce

“

grate asiago cheese on top of chorizo

“

top with two soft-boiled eggs each

“

top with arugula in french dressing

“

Breakfast Of Champions # 38 – Croissant, Ham, Spicy Chorizo & Soft Boiled Egg

“

Breakfast Of Champions # 38 – Croissant, Ham, Spicy Chorizo & Soft Boiled Egg

“

Breakfast Of Champions # 38 – Croissant, Ham, Spicy Chorizo & Soft Boiled Egg

“
“
Dear Friend’s, to help support this blog,
please be so kind and click on the video below. Thank you 🙂
“
“
“
“
“
“
“

Breakfast Of Champions # 36 – Naanwich

:
:
A great way to start a relaxing saturday at home with a couple of good movies, some good reading and lots of great food is to have a hearty breakfast of bubbly and a wonderful sandwich.
Here is what I fancied for a late breakfast by the lake this morning (besides a glass of veuve–clicquot):

Naan with eggs, spicy chorizo, shrimp, chilies and arugula. Life is Good !

Bon Appetit & Cheers ! Have A Great Weekend !

Naanwich

cook until eggs have set to the texture of your liking

:
:
Preparation :
:
:

bake naan until golden, brush with butter and sprinkle with sea salt

saute diced chorizo in plenty of butter

whisk whole eggs with chili sauce, sea salt and garlic paste

“

add to chorizo, add finely sliced chilies and butterflied cooked shrimp

“

cook until eggs have set to the texture of your liking

”

Naan

“

top naan with eggs, top eggs with arugula in lime vinaigrette

“

Naanwich

“

Naanwich

“
“
Dear Friend’s, to help support this blog,
please be so kind and click on the video on the bottom of this page. Thank you 🙂
“
“
“
“
“
“

Breakfast Of Champions # 35 – Shrimp Salad Croissants & Smoked Salmon Croissants

>
“
As the weather was not so beautiful this morning,
I needed something to compensate for the gloomy look outside.
This breakfast did the trick. All washed down with a refreshing Shanty (Radler).
Happy weekend everybody 🙂

Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !

Smoked Salmon, Boursin & Shrimp Salad Croissant’s

“

freshly baked croissants

“

cut croissants in half

“

top with garlic / herb boursin

“

mix shrimps with mayo, horseradish, ketchupsalt, sriracha and a small shot of cognac

“

Shrimp Salad Croissant

“

Smoked Salmon & Boursin Croissant

“

Smoked Salmon, Boursin & Shrimp Salad Croissant’s

“
“
“
”
“
“

“
“
“
“

Breakfast Of Champions # 34 – Fruits & Dairy

>
>
This morning I did not feel like cooking, so I prepared myself this simple but delicious breakfast:
Blackberries, banana, strawberries, raspberry yogurt and whipped cream , accompanied by my usual breakfast beverage of choice, peppermint tea.

Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !
>
>

Breakfast Of Champions # 34 – Fruits , Yogurt & Cream

>
>
Dear Friend’s, to help support this blog, please be so kind and click on the video on the bottom of this page. Thank you 🙂
>
>
>

>
>
>
>
>

Breakfast Of Champions # 32 – Milanesa Mexicana

>
>
This exact dish was my daily breakfast staple for a few months back in 1975, when I spend extended time vacationing in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
At that time, Puerto Vallarta was still a smallish, sleepy city with few hotels and minimal night life. Puerto Vallarta became internationally famous after American director John Huston filmed his 1963 film The Night of the Iguana in Mismaloya, a small town just south of Puerto Vallarta. I still have a photo from 1975 which I took on the beach where Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were having their “sexy” beach scenes. It was basically a deserted piece of beach where only a few hippies and locals hung out. In the shot I took, there are as many pigs as people roaming the beach.
Times and Puerto Vallarta sure have changed since then 😦
However, at the time, the group of friend’s I spent most night’s with was a show band from Ireland named “Los Irlandeses”. They performed at the night club of the only 5-star hotel in town, the Westin Hotel, located on a small beach just outside of town. Their show started at around 11.00pm five times a week and that’s when and where I usually started my evening. They made sure to talk to me from the stage when I got there during the show and treated me as if I were a VIP. Since this was the hottest place in town, this little game made sure that by the time the show ended at around 1.00 am, there were already a few groupies sitting on my table, ready to party with the guy’s from the band and I.
We usually partied until 6.00 or 7.00 am (we were very young and sleeping during the day when it was hot made sense. Only the tourists came for a tan 🙂
So, at that time of the day, we usually went to a restaurant/bar in an area close to the beach which served great food (all food was good at that time of day). Almost all the time my best friend at the time who was the drummer of the band and I ended up ordering the same dish, day after day – Milanesa, accompanied by guacamole, salsa mexicana and fried egg’s, washed down with a few Dos Equis beers.
This was the usual daily before going to bed ritual. The Getting out of bed ritual in the late afternoon usually involved a couple of dos equis and a mexican style chicken and lime soup, containing shredded chicken, rice, vegetables and lots of cilantro.
So there you have it : Milanesa Mexicana and a few memories 🙂

Bon Appetit ! Viva Mexico !

Guacamole Recipe Link
Salsa Mexicana Link
>

The Domino Principle, 1977

Milanesa Mexicana

saute breaded pork, veal, chicken or beef cutlets until golden and cooked to your desired doneness

meanwhile, prepare sunny side up egg’s

milanesa

top with guacamole

top with salsa mexicana

top with sour cream

top with sunny side up egg’s

Milanesa Mexicana

>
>
Dear Friend’s, to help support this blog, please be so kind and click on the video on the bottom of this page.
(You don’t have to watch it, just click once) Thank you 🙂
>
>
>
>
>
>

Breakfast Of Champions # 31 Shrimp And Lap Chee Fried Rice

>
>
This is one of my easy stand-by recipe’s. Whenever I have leftover rice from the previous day, it usually becomes breakfast the next morning. It takes about ten minutes to prepare, so it’s no sweat at all in the morning 🙂

Bon Appetit ! Have A Great Sunday !
>

Breakfast Of Champions # 31

: saute rice in peanut oil until it makes a popping sound

: add diced onions, chopped garlic and grated ginger, saute until fragrant

: add lap chee, shrimp and scallions

: season with kosher salt and cayenne pepper

: add salt and pepper seasoned eggs

: stir fry until eggs are set

: Breakfast Of Champions # 31

: Shrimp And Lap Chee Fried Rice

: Breakfast Of Champions # 31 Shrimp And Lap Chee Fried Rice

>
>
Dear Friend’s, to help support this blog, please be so kind and click on the video on the bottom of this page.
(You don’t have to watch it, just click once) Thank you 🙂
>
>
>
>
>

Breakfast Of Champions # 26 – ” Shrimp & Bok Choy Congee “

>
Here is how it’s supposed to be :

You have a big, substantial breakfast, go to your job and work hart, have a quick, light, healthy lunch, keep on working until it is time to go home, have a light, healthy dinner with a small glass of red wine, go to bed early, sleep at least 8 hours, get up and do it all over again 🙂

Here is what’s really happening :

You have a quick, sugary, unhealthy breakfast, go to your job and work hart, have a quick, unhealthy lunch, keep on working until it is time to go home, have a heavy, calorie and fat-laden dinner, with a bottle or two of red wine, go to bed late, don’t sleep enough, get up and do it all over again 😦
>
So, today, after a long and deep sleep, I tried to start the right way, with a healthy, tasty, substantial breakfast.
I will keep you posted how it will develop from here for the rest of the day…………
>

>

>

Ingredients :

Cooked Fan, (steamed chines rice)
Seafood stock, substitute with chicken stock or canned clam juice
Shrimp, peeled and deveined
Bok choy, blanched
Garlic, paste
Garlic, slivered, fried
Onions, finely julienned, fried
Ginger, grated,
Bean sprouts,
Scallions, coarsely sliced
Peanut oil,
Chili oil,
Sesame oil,
Kosher salt,
Cayenne pepper,

Method :

Simmer rice with in stock, salt and pepper until a porridge like texture is achieved. In the meantime, fry onions and garlic separately until golden. Remove to absorbent paper. Reserve. Saute Shrimp, garlic paste and grated ginger until fragrant and shrimp about halfway cooked. When congee has reached the desired texture, add the shrimp, bock choy and scallions, simmer until heated through, about one minute. Adjust seasoning if necessary. To plate, drizzle with sesame oil and chili oil, sprinkle with fried onions, fried garlic, bean sprouts and scallions.

More Congee Recipes Here

Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !
>
>
>
>

Breakfast Of Champions # 23 Scrambled Eggs & Caviar

>
>
In this classic dish you should splurge – use the best caviar you can afford !
(I used grey mullet caviar, which is pretty good, especially for this dish.
Beluga, Imperial, Ossetra, maybe next time 🙂
<

Scrambled Eggs & Caviar

: Scrambled Eggs & Caviar

>
Ingredients :

Eggs, Very fresh !
Heavy cream,
Caviar, the best you can afford 🙂
Scallions, finely sliced
Butter,
Kosher salt,
Cayenne pepper,

Method :

Whisk the eggs lightly with heavy cream, salt and pepper.
Heat a pan,
Add the butter to melt, add the eggs and cook until done to your likeness.
Pour into serving dish and top with caviar and scallions. Enjoy !

Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !
<

Breakfast Of Champions # 20 – Mascarpone And Banana Filled French Toast, Caramelized Pomello

>
>

Usually, sweet stuff for breakfast is not my thing, but today felt so different in many way’s that I thought what the heck! Why not try something different this morning. So I made this great breakfast of french toast with vanilla, cinnamon, sugar, banana and mascarpone, a bowl of strawberry yogurt, chilled chocolate milk, and a giant pomelo with caramelized sugar glaze. What a decadent, wonderful way to start the day 🙂
.
Life is Good ! Happy Sunday Everyone ! .

Breakfast of Champions # 20

Mascarpone And Banana Filled French Toast, Caramelized Pomello, Strawberry Yogurt

: Breakfast of Champions # 20

: Mascarpone And Banana Filled French Toast, Caramelized Pomello, Strawberry Yogurt

Note :
You might have noticed in the pictures that contrary to standard procedure, I have not whisked the milk and eggs together but dipped the bread in the sugared and vanilla spiced milk first, then in the egg. This makes for a very different texture of the bread which is in my opinion superior to the traditional method. Just be careful not to soak the bread for too long in the milk or it will disintegrate 😦 > .
.
.
.
.