Egg + anchovy toast w/ herb salad

Name: Egg + anchovy toast w/ herb salad
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 1 lemon; 12 anchovy fillets (Ortiz or other good-quality brand); 2 garlic cloves; 4 eggs; 100 g (3½ oz) unsalted butter; four 3 cm (1¼ in) slices olive bread; freshly ground black pepper; salt flakes; vinaigrette; 2 tablespoons fresh baby chervil leaves; 2 tablespoons fresh baby coriander (cilantro) leaves; 2 tablespoons fresh chives, cut into 2 cm ( ¾ in) pieces; 2 tablespoons dill fronds; 2 tablespoons fresh flat-leaf (Italian) parsley leaves

Preparation info

Makes
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
15 min

Appears in

Chefs Eat Toasties Too

By Darren Purchese

Published 2017

About

This is a super-neat trick and a great way of cooking an egg inside a piece of bread without overcooking either of them. Again anchovies are paired with egg, and again it’s simple but hits the spot. Olive bread is the perfect slice for this toasted piece of heaven.

Ingredients

Bread

four 3 cm (1¼ in) slices olive bread

Sandwich
Fish course
Pescatarian

Method

Use a 5 cm (2 in) diameter round cutter to cut a hole in the centre of each slice of bread.
Melt the butter in a non-stick frying pan over medium heat and lightly fry the first side of all four slices of bread for 3–4 minutes. Flip each slice of bread over and crack an egg into the holes in the bread. Cook for 3 minutes before gently flipping the bread over aga