Poached Eggs on Green Cushions

Name: Poached Eggs on Green Cushions
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: Salt; 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar; 1 teaspoon caster sugar; 6 sprigs flat-leaved parsley, coriander, fennel or dill leaves to garnish; 1 small fresh green chilli, stemmed, deseeded and chopped roughly; 5 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil; 1 clove garlic, crushed; 500 g (1 lb) spinach, stemmed and washed; 6 large eggs (size 1–2); 1 large green pepper, cored, deseeded and chopped finely

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cook's Companion

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1991

About

The ‘green cushion’ in this cold first course is a subtle purée of spinach and green pepper with just a bite of fresh green chilli.

Ingredients

5 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 large green pepper, cored, deseeded and chopped finely
1

Starter
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Put 2 tablespoons of olive oil into a heavy frying pan over a medium heat. Add the green pepper and chilli and fry fairly gently, stirring often, until the pepper is completely soft but not browned. Leave on one side in the pan.

Steam or boil the spinach leaves until soft, then drain and pre