The Full Fry-Up

Name: The Full Fry-Up
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 45 min
Cuisine: United Kingdom and Ireland
Ingredients: 8 good pork sausages, about 500 g; 8 slices back or streaky bacon, about 250 g; 4 tomatoes, halved; 250 g (9 oz) chestnut or button mushrooms, thickly sliced or halved; 2 tbsp neutral oil; 15 g (1 tbsp) butter; 1 can (15 oz / 415 g can) baked beans; 4 large eggs; 4 slices bread, for toast or fried bread; 3 g (½ tsp) fine sea salt; 1 pinch black pepper; 4 slices black pudding, optional

A proper cooked breakfast, timed so everything is hot at once

Serves: 4
Hands-on: 40 min
Total: 45 min
Level: Some skill

Sausages, bacon, eggs, mushrooms, tomatoes, beans and toast, all hot at the same moment. Use the oven to hold and cook the slower parts, so the stovetop is free for the last-minute eggs.

Ingredients

8good pork sausagesabout 500 g
8 slicesback or streaky baconabout 250 g
4tomatoeshalved
250 gchestnut or button mushrooms (9 oz)thickly sliced or halved
2 tbspneutral oil
15 gbutter (1 tbsp)
1 canbaked beans (15 oz / 415 g can)
4large eggs
4 slicesbreadfor toast or fried bread
3 gfine sea salt (½ tsp)
1 pinchblack pepper
4 slicesblack puddingoptional

Allergens: gluten, egg, milk, sulphites
Origin: United Kingdom and Ireland

Method

Heat the oven to 200°C (400°F). Line a large baking sheet with baking paper.
Arrange the sausages on the sheet and roast for 15 minutes. 15 min
Turn the sausages and add the tomato halves, cut side up, drizzled with 1 tbsp oil and seasoned with some of the salt and pepper. Add the bacon and black pudding in a single layer. Roast 12–15 minutes more, until the sausages are browned and reach 71°C (160°F) inside and the bacon is crisp at the edges.
Meanwhile, heat the butter in a frying pan over medium-high heat and cook the mushrooms with the remaining salt until golden and their liquid has evaporated, 6–8 minutes. Transfer to the oven tray to keep warm.
Warm the beans in a small saucepan over low heat.
Turn the oven down to 90°C (200°F) to hold everything while you cook the eggs.
Toast the bread, or fry it in the bacon fat from the tray until golden.
Wipe the frying pan, add 1 tbsp oil and fry the eggs to your liking (see Fried Eggs), about 3 minutes.
Divide everything among warm plates and serve at once.

Why it works

Roasting sausages, bacon and tomatoes on one tray in a hot oven cooks them evenly and lets them brown without the spatter and constant turning of a crowded pan. This frees the stovetop for the mushrooms and eggs, which must be cooked at the last minute. Cooking mushrooms hot and without crowding drives off their water so they brown instead of stewing.

Common mistakes

Cooking everything in one pan: something always goes cold or overcooks. Use the oven.
Pale mushrooms: too many in the pan and they steam. Cook in batches if needed.
Undercooked sausages: check that they reach 71°C (160°F).

Variations

Vegetarian: Use vegetarian sausages (roast according to the pack), halloumi slices fried in the pan, and extra mushrooms.

Notes

Sausages, black pudding and baked beans can contain gluten, sulphites and other allergens; check labels.