BTE pizza

B = Bacon T = Tomato E = Egg

Sounds like a simple recipe doesn't it? It sure looks simple to prepare to, when you watch Jamie Oliver do it on TV.

But ... why doesn't my BTE pizza slides off the pan as easily as his does? *sob*

Anyway, this "pizza" makes a yummy meal, as supper, brunch or dinner. It's healthy too. right? It's got eggs, bacon and the veggies group is represented by the tomatoes (well, you could argue tomatoes are fruits, and mushrooms are not exactly vegetables either, but you can't argue they are "healthy" food!). As my frying pan is quite small, i usually make 2, a smaller one for me, and a bigger one for my hubby.

As for the ingredients, Jamie Oliver uses mushrooms too, but as you know fresh mushrooms in Singapore (those brown button ones) are not exactly cheap and they don't keep well either. As such I seldom have them ready in my fridge unless I plan to do this ahead.

Ingredients

Ripe tomatoes - at room temperature, halved (anyway u like)

Bacon - JO has his in complete intact strips, but i cut up mine into smaller bits to fit into my pan.

Mushrooms - JO says brown button mushrooms are more flavourful, so don't bother getting the white ones. Clean with minimum water else drain thoroughly (i think he just brushed it). Slice it. (Which in this post is missing)

Eggs - as many as you like but minimum you need 2

Bread - have it toasted just before u plonk the BTE on it

Method

1. Put 1 tablespoon oil into a non stick pan, roll it around. When slightly heated, place tomatoes in one corner, cut-side down (more oil if your base is bigger - i think my base is only about 15 cm?). Leave it over low-medium flames.

Which as you can see I don't do that too, I just place them in a ring - have to adapt to my pan's base =)

2. If you have the sliced mushrooms, in another corner of pan, add them and let it brown on its own.

3. Add the bacons.

4. When the bacon has browned, move the tomatoes, mushroom and bacon around so that you have an even distribution. Crack and drop the eggs over the BT stuff, so that eggs form a layer on top. See below. It will help to hold the seperate bits into one piece so it will look like a pizza. Sprinkle with coarsely grounded black pepper.

5. Toast the bread now!

6. Notice I never mention any salt? Well the bacon is normally pretty salty and I give them only a quick rinse, it should provide enough salt content to flavour the eggs. If your bacon is freshly bought, then you don't even have to rinse it (that's how much I trust Cold Storage stuff).

7. When the eggs are cooked like sunny side up, loosen the sides of the "pizza" and slide it over a bed of toasted bread. Mine's ... er ... kinda disgured. I still haven't gotten around to buy a new non stick pan although I have the permission to replace it.

7. Eat it as a open face sandwich or a gigantic "burger"! Enjoy!