Breakfast Frittata
I usually skip breakfast. We should make time to slow down and appreciate a good breakfast.
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Second Breakfast is real - and other brunch facts!
Over the last year, I’ve done a few breakfasty foods on Sweetly Savory… and even though I have the playlist “Brunch O’Clock” – I’ve neglected to cover what brunch is, where it originated from, and most importantly that Second Breakfast is *a thing*. Plus, I’ll share one of my easy go-to brunch dishes, shakshuka, that will be sure to impress.
Brunch, beautifully put by “Joy of Cooking: All About Breakfast and Brunch” authors Rombauer, Becker, and Becker, is a “charming social hour” which is the fusion of breakfast and lunch. This blending of two words was first used in late nineteenth century England, then spread to the United States in the 1930s.
With a traditional full English breakfast consisting of eggs, meat, baked beans, toast, and tomatoes, the American brunch most commonly features the Eggs Benedict.
Sources are conflicted on the dish’s origin. Delmonico’s in Lower Manhattan claim to have created it in 1860, later published as Eggs à la Benedick in 1894 by one of their former chefs, Charles Ranhofer. However, it could have been indirectly made by a New York Times food columnist’s uncle’s friend, by way of the Ranhofer recipe with “hard-cooked egg, and ham mixture” added to the hollandaise sauce. I’ll keep mine with the smooth hollandaise sauce, thank you very much.
I love Eggs Benedict as much as the next person, but one late breakfast dish I’ve really gotten into making recently is shakshuka – a Northwest African dish of poached eggs in a sauce of tomatoes spiced with cumin, paprika and cayenne pepper. Now before you say: “poached eggs – that’s why I get Eggs Benedict at a restaurant”, the preparation method is far from the pot of swirling boiled water.
Dice up ½ an onion, and sweat it down with some peppers, then garlic. Remember to only cook the garlic for about 30 seconds, it burns super quickly.
Toss in the spices now so the flavor can bloom, and aromatics are added to your cooking oil. This will infuse your whole meal.
Go ahead and add the canned tomatoes, and cook for about 5 minutes over medium heat, stirring every so often. Make little wells in your sauce, and crack in 4 eggs.
Turn down the pan to low-ish, and cover with a lid, cooking the eggs until the white are set.
There are definitely “starters” or sauces that you could substitute if you’re short on time, or too hungover. I’ll link those below. Now, what is “Second Breakfast”? It is real, not just a meme of Pippin and Merry.
This meal in-between meals is popular in German, Poland, Czech Republic, Spain, Hungary, and Austria – to name just a few – and can be as simple as a cup of coffee and pastry. Or for farmers in rural areas, their first breakfast would be to get them going before taking care of the animals, followed by the second heartier breakfast after the morning chores are finished. These traditions most likely inspired Tolkien’s second breakfast mentioned in “The Fellowship of the Ring”, where Pippin is in shock that Aragorn has no idea Hobbit can have up to 6 meals a day including elevenses, luncheon, afternoon tea, dinner, and *then* supper. If you think about the mid-day snack breaks of yogurt, or tea, and a bedtime snack – you are kind of eating like a Hobbit. Am I a Hobbit?
Sources/Inspiration:
“Second Breakfast”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_breakfast
“Brunch”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunch#cite_note-1
“Eggs Benedict”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggs_Benedict
“Joy of Cooking: All About Breakfast and Brunch”: https://books.google.com/books?id=yrTKLHbl4TkC&pg=PA8#v=onepage&q&f=false
“The Hobbit Trilogy Filming Locations”: https://www.newzealand.com/uk/feature/the-hobbit-trilogy-filming-locations/
“Shakshouka”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakshouka
“How to release more flavor from your spices.”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_eKEh52RVQ&t=92s
“Chunky Spicy Shakshuka”: https://www.traderjoes.com/home/recipes/chunky-spicy-shakshuka
Where to find Starters & Sauces:
Spicy Chunky Tomato & Pepper Pasta Sauce: https://www.traderjoes.com/home/products/pdp/spicy-chunky-tomato-and-pepper-pasta-sauce-065510
Shakshuka Starter Recipe: https://www.traderjoes.com/home/recipes/shakshuka
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