Recipe || Black Pudding for Breakfast
Black Pudding is delicious.
I never expected to like it (seeing as it took a good 22 years to even be brave enough to try it), but boy do I!
Therefore, seeing as today is National Black Pudding Day and being sent a lovely sample of Clonakilty’s finest Black Pudding, I planned a special recipe feature for you. Most especially as it coincided with my Dad staying this weekend. To say thanks for helping us install our log burner, I figured I should at least make him a deliciously scrumptious breakfast.
So with the help of this round spicy meaty friend, I did.
Does anyone else think that sounds like a weird euphamism?!
Onto the black pudding breakfast…
I know it’s a bit #basicbitch to make a breakfasty recipe with your black pud, but realistically there’s a reason it works so well! I’d actually previously made a tasty recipe with homemade chips, black pudding topped baked cod, and homegrown green beans.
You were supposed to be seeing that, however, there may have been an error where I forgot any baking parchment, the fish stuck horrendously to my tin and low and behold, instead we had a sort of crumbled cod black pudding jumble. Tasted great, not so insta-worthy for recipe photos.
Therefore today’s is a great little recipe you could make this weekend as it’s really simple, pretty nutritious and totally delicious.
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 140g Clonakilty Black Pudding
- 1 pack bacon (either streaky or back, your choice)
- Handful of Spinach
- Chopped Peppers and/or tomatoes
- Sliced Peppers
- 1 clove garlic
- a tiny sprig of rosemary
- Baked Beans
Method
- Pre-heat your oven to 180 degrees Celcius
- Grease a muffin tin with a little oil or frylight, and line the bottom and sides with bacon.
- Fill with some crumbled black pudding, ripped spinach, peppers/tomatoes (basically any veg you fancy will work!)
- Whisk up the eggs with salt and pepper, and a dash of milk if you like
- Top up the bacon boats with the egg milk
- Bake for 10-15 minutes until the egg has set and the bacon is crispy
- Meanwhile, slice up your mushrooms and fry until soft with a finely minced clove of garlic and some rosemary
- As we love black pudding, we also included a few chunky slices just dry fried off in a non stick pan until cooked through, turning halfway.
- Heat your beans or a breakfasty alternative
- Serve and enjoy!
I love this recipe for it’s simplicity, and the fact that the black pudding, egg and bacon cups are also delicious cold the next day as a protein rich snack. Black Pudding may not be to everyone’s taste, but I’m fully on board with Clonakilty‘s nose to tail approach, as we waste so much edible food that is absolutely delicious! If you’ve never tried it, from a complete convert, I’d urge you to get over the ingredients and give their black pudding a go, because you are missing out! Even if you’re already a lover of black pudding for breakfast, it’s also made with beef rather than the typical pork, which gives it a wonderful flavour.
***The black pudding samples were sent to me for a review, but all opinions are my own***
