Scrambled Egg Pancetta And Fontina Bruschetta Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat a grill pan over medium heat for 5 minutes. Slice the bread in half the long way. Brush the cut sides with 2 tablespoons olive oil, season with salt and pepper and grill, cut-side down, until nicely charred. Remove from the grill to a cutting board. While the bread toasts, toss the tomatoes with a bit of olive oil, salt, pepper and the chopped basil. Mound the mixture on the toasted bread. Melt the butter in a large nonstick saute pan over low heat. Crack the eggs into a bowl and whisk until light and fluffy with the coarse pepper. Add the eggs to the skillet and mix gently using a rubber spatula until soft curds form. Fold in the cheese and remove from the heat. Spoon the eggs onto 4 dinner plates. Slice the bruschetta into 4 or 8 pieces and put next to the eggs. Drizzle some olive oil over the bruschetta and scatter the basil leaves on top.

Steps:

• In a medium skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add the garlic, red pepper flakes, and oregano; cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Raise heat to high; crush each tomato when adding to pan. Season with salt and pepper. Cook the tomatoes, breaking them up with a spoon, until thickened slightly, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in the basil.
• Lower the heat to medium; stir in 2 large egg whites (reserve the remaining egg whites for another use). Cook the egg whites, stirring, until set and the tomato sauce thickens, about 1 minute.
• Remove the skillet from the heat. Using the back of a spoon, make 4 indentations in the sauce; place an egg yolk into each indentation. Draw the sauce in from edges of the pan around each yolk and cover the skillet. Set aside until the yolks are warmed through and beginning to set, about 3 minutes. To serve, spoon the sauce with a yolk onto a piece of toast.

Steps:

• Using a nonstick or well-seasoned cast-iron pan, heat the pancetta over medium. Let cook, shaking the pan, until the fat renders out and the pancetta browns all over, 3 to 10 minutes, depending on how large the cubes are.
• If the pan looks oily, pour (or spoon) off any excess grease. Add butter to the pan and let melt. Reduce heat to low.
• Beat the eggs and salt in a medium bowl until well mixed but not frothy. Pour into the skillet with the pancetta and, using a heatproof spatula or wooden spoon, scramble the eggs until they are just set, 2 to 4 minutes. Take care that the eggs don't brown, lowering the heat further if necessary.
• Divide the eggs onto two plates and shower pepper generously over the top. Sprinkle with cheese and serve at once.

Steps:

• Poach the eggs first and set aside in a bowl of warm water.
• Lightly toast the bread, and rub with the cut side of the garlic clove. Finely chop or purée the remaining garlic.
• Heat the olive oil over medium heat in a small skillet and add the garlic. As soon as it smells fragrant, in about 30 seconds, stir in the beet greens. Stir together for about a minute, until greens are infused with the garlic and olive oil. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Top the toasted bread with the greens. Top the greens with the cheese. Place in a warm oven or a microwave and heat just until the cheese begins to melt. Remove from the heat. Blot the eggs dry if they are in warm water and place on top of the greens. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and chives, and enjoy.

Steps:

• In a small skillet, brown the pancetta over medium heat, 5-7 minutes.
• Spoon out excess rendered fat as you go.
• When the pancetta is cooked, transfer to a paper towel-lined plate; set aside.
• Wipe the pan clean with a paper towel; set aside.
• While the pancetta is cooking, lightly toast the baguette slices, either in a preheated panini grill for 1-2 minutes or in a toaster oven.
• The bread should be crisp light brown.
• Transfer the toasted slices to a baking sheet or toaster oven pan.
• Heat the olive oil in a nonstick skillet; add in the eggs, salt, pepper, and browned pancetta.
• Use a rubber spatula to move the eggs, starting at the edge of the pan and moving toward the center, lightly cooking the eggs as well as incorporating the pancetta.
• The eggs should be softly scrambled.
• Divided the eggs among the baguette slices.
• Cut the fontina into rectangles that will fit neatly over each.
• Toast in the toaster oven or broil until the cheese bubbles and melts; serve immediately.
• **For a vegetarian version-substitute 4 grilled asparagus spears cut into ½ inch pieces for the pancetta.