Have you been on Pinterest? It’s a virtual pinboard where you can “pin”
any image that catches your eye. It’s a great place to tuck, or should
I say tack, all those visual bits of inspiration we come across online.
Awesome photos, luscious looking food, fabulous style pegs, anything,
anything at all that appeals to your sense of gorgeousness.
 Suffice
to say, I am quite enamored. It’s an effortless way to quickly save
any image that inspires me…and because of the endless amount of talent
out there in the world, that’s a lot! On the site itself, there are
other “pinboards” from all sorts of lovely people, brimming with
brilliance. So as far as inspiration is concerned, there is a whole lot
to go around. All of it, quite literally, at the tips of your fingers.And it’s with thanks to Pinterest, and its wonderful members, that I’ve come to this BLT. Not just any BLT, but a BLT with slow roasted tomatoes and a fried egg. A BLT for champions. Being a lover of porcine delights, it’s no wonder that the mighty BLT (Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato if your being formal) is one of my favorite sandwiches. I also happen to love slow-roasting tomatoes. And I love eggs. So when I came across these alluring photos on Pinterest the wheels were set in motion for my next breakfast BLT (because what better time to have bacon than at breakfast?). This is not so much a recipe as a framework. You choose the quantities. Here is what I did: I slow roasted some tomatoes – this is the way I like to do that. You can do this in advance, in fact, it’s better if
you do. Waiting a couple of hours for a sandwich can seem a bit
surreal. When you are ready, fry your bacon in a dry, hot pan – let the fat render and cook exactly the way you like it (for a BLT I like mine just bordering on crisp). While the bacon is cooking toast the bread (I use my favorite whole-grain, sold at my neighborhood market, baked by a former French Foreign Legionnaire…or so they say). Slather on side of the bread quite generously with mayonnaise (that's how most of my clients like it - I prefer none, instead I may use pesto). Arrange the lettuce leaves over the mayonnaise (I like to use arugula) and the slow-roasted tomatoes over that. When the bacon is done set aside on paper towels and fry the egg in the sizzling hot bacon fat,
sprinkle the yolk with salt. The egg will sputter and may look quite
frayed but that’s ok – take it out while the yolk’s still slighty runny. Place
the bacon over the tomatoes and the egg on that. Top with another slice
of toast.Press down on the sandwich just enough so the yolk gently ruptures and wiggle the bread a bit so it spreads. Enjoy! Inspirationis,
truly, everywhere. It can come from a “pinboard” of someone half a
world away, or right outside your window. It can come from your
neighborhood market or a meal you are about to have. It can come from
an ingredient you’ve never come across before. It can come from
leftovers. It can come from something you just learned from someone
you’ve known your whole life. The key is to always keep your eyes, your
mind and your heart wide open to its possibility. It could change your
life. Or at the very least give you a fantastic BLT. I hope we all let inspiration find us this week! :) |
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