Grilled asparagus, crisp poached egg and Parmesan

Name: Grilled asparagus, crisp poached egg and Parmesan
Ingredients: 100 ml white wine vinegar; 4 medium free range eggs iced water; 25 g plain flour; 1 medium free range egg, beaten; 50 g Panko (Japanese breadcrumbs) or normal breadcrumbs; 50 g Panko (Japanese breadcrumbs) or normal breadcrumbs; salt and freshly ground black pepper; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 12 asparagus spears; sunflower or groundnut oil, for frying; sunflower or groundnut oil, for frying; 2 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Simple to Sensational

By Jun Tanaka

Published 2010

About

Deep-fried poached eggs are impressive and so simple. They also work beautifully with smoked haddock or in a warm salad with leeks and mushrooms.

Ingredients

100 ml white wine vinegar
4 medium free range eggs iced water
25 g

Starter
Side dish
Vegetarian
Sensational

Method

Fill a tall pan with water, add vinegar to ‘cook’ the eggs more quickly and place on the heat.
Wait until you can see streams of small bubbles rising to the surface - this is just before the water starts to boil. Break an egg into a cup, then quickly pour into the water when you see the small bubbles. Repeat with each egg. As the bubbles rise to the surface, th