Ingredients:
1 small round loaf
1 egg
2½fl oz (75ml) milk
4 or 6 rashers back bacon
1 oz (25g) butter or margarine
1 oz (25g) cooking oil
6 oz (175g) mushroom
1 oz (25g) plain flour
English mustard
¼ pt (150ml) brown stock
salt & pepper
Spring onions
Instructions:
1. Cut base crust off small round loaf and hollow out until a bread ‘shell’ is left. Invert
and cut top into v-shapes to decorate.
2. Whisk egg with milk and dip bread in the mixture until thoroughly coated. Deep fry in
hot oil until browned and crisp. Drain on absorbent paper and keep hot while preparing
filling. Wipe and slice the mushrooms.
3. De-rind bacon rashers, stretch a little by running the back of a knife along them, and
fry in a little extra fat, if necessary. When cooked roll up each rasher into a ‘curl’ and
keep hot.
4. Add the extra butter or margarine and oil to the pan. Add the sliced mushrooms,
stalks and all, and sauté over low heat until cooked. Sprinkle over flour and stir until
absorbed; add a pinch of mustard then gradually add the stock, stirring well between
each addition. Season with salt and pepper. If the mixture is too runny, turn up
heat and boil to reduce liquid a little.
5. Heap the mixture inside the bread case, top with bacon rolls and serve hot, garnished with
spring onions.
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