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Eggs With Bacon, Onions And Potatoes
(Hoppelpoppel)
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| What You Need: |
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3 medium-sized boiling potatoes (about 1 pound), unpeeled
1½ cups coarsely diced lean bacon
½ cup finely chopped onions
4 eggs
1 tablespoon milk
2 tablespoons finely chopped parsley
½ teaspoon salt
Freshly ground black pepper
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| How To Cook: |
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1. Drop the potatoes into enough lightly salted boiling water to cover them completely. Boil briskly, uncovered, until the potatoes show only the slightest resistance when pierced with the tip of a small, sharp knife. Be careful not to let them overcook.
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2. Meanwhile, in a heavy 10- to 12-inch skillet, cook the bacon over moderate heat until brown and crisp. With a slotted spoon transfer the pieces of bacon to a double thickness of paper towels to drain. Pour all but 2 or 3 tablespoons of fat from the skillet, add the onions, and cook for 5 minutes, stirring them frequently, until they are soft and transparent but not brown. Set the skillet aside.
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3. Drain the potatoes in a colander, then peel and cut them into ¼-inch slices. Add them to the onions in the skillet and cook over moderate heat for 8 to 10 minutes, turning the potatoes occasionally with a large spatula, until they are light brown.
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4. Then, in a small bowl, beat the eggs, milk, parsley, salt and a few grindings of pepper together with a fork until they are well blended. Strew the diced bacon over the potatoes and pour in the eggs.
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5. Tip the pan from side to side to spread the eggs evenly and cover the skillet. Reduce the heat to low and cook undisturbed for 5 or 6 minutes, shaking the pan gently everynow and then to prevent the eggs from sticking. The Hoppelpoppel is done when the eggs are set, but still slightly moist.
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6. To serve, invert a heated serving plate over the skillet and, grasping skillet and plate firmly together, quickly turn them over. Serve at once.
NOTE: One cup of finely diced cooked ham may be substituted for the bacon. In that case, melt ¼ cup of lard or bacon fat in the skillet and cook the diced ham and the onions together for 5 minutes. Add the sliced potatoes and proceed with the recipe as described above.
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