Preparation time 30 minutes Cooking time 20 minutes Serves 6
Cook up Mum something special this Mothers Day!
400g Desiree potatoes
200g homemade haloumi
1tbsp plain flour
1 egg (we recommend you always use local, free range eggs if you don’t have chickens at home)
5 eggs
500g clarified butter
30 mil of white vinegar
30 mil of water
White pepper
12 eggs
3 tomatoes
6 portabello mushrooms
oil to pan fry
pinch of white pepper and salt
squeeze of fresh lemon or lime
wedge of lemon or lime
sprigs of basil leaves
Please note: You will need 18 eggs in total for this recipes. 12 for poaching, 5 for the hollandaise sauce and 1 for the haloumi hash
Grate potato into bowl, using your hands squeeze out the excess moisture. Grate haloumi, add to the grated potato and mix in the flour and egg. Divide into 6 portions and set aside.
Place vinegar, water and pepper into a saucepan, slowly bringing to the boil and reducing by two-thirds. Pour into a mixing bowl and allow to cool, add egg yolks, then using a fine whisk beat the mixture over a warm to hot water bath until the mixture is light, looking like thin cream. Remove from heat and continue whisking until the mixture cools. Melt butter until it splits or clarifies, add the clarified butter slowly while continuously whisking the mixture until it thickens. Season with salt and a little lemon juice. The sauce will keep for a couple of hours kept between 30°c to 37°c.
Cut the tomatoes in half and place on a baking tray and bake in a moderate oven until they just start to break down.
Place oil into a frying pan heat until oil is hot. Pan fry the portobello mushrooms and the haloumi hash browns until golden them place on the oven to keep warm until you are ready to serve.
Poach eggs until soft boiled, use two eggs per person.
To plate up, place the haloumi hash on plate, top with 2 poached eggs and the oven roasted tomato. Place portobello mushrooms to the side, top the dish with the hollandaise and garnish with a wedge of lemon or lime and sprig of fresh basil leaf.
