coffee-dyed ham and eggs on toast with burnt tomatoes
Serves: 1
 
lightly adapted from mind of a chef, season 3, episode 3
Ingredients
  • 4 cups freshly brewed coffee
  • 2-3 slices country ham
  • olive oil
  • 3-4 cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 1 thick slice good-quality bread
  • 2 pats butter
  • 1 egg
  • freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
  1. boil the coffee in a small saucepan over high heat, keeping a careful eye on it. immediately after the bubbling subsides, it will have reduced into a thick paste. remove from heat.
  2. add the slices of ham to the coffee reduction and stir to coat.
  3. open the windows! turn on the fan!
  4. drizzle olive oil over a cast iron pan and spread it around into a thin layer using a towel. set the pan over high heat. allow it to heat up until a droplet of water sizzles immediately upon being poured onto the pan.
  5. place the tomato halves face-down on one edge of the pan. leave them there, without touching them until you see the edges blacken and come away from the pan. it is hard to over-cook them so leave them there as long as you possibly can. remove them from the heat when their faces are nicely blackened. flip them over onto a plate.
  6. meanwhile, place ham slices on another edge of the pan and cook until they are beginning to blacken, removing from heat just before the syrup begins to dry up.
  7. once the ham is done, place the bread slice on the spot where you cooked the ham so that it soaks up all the bits of coffee and ham. top the bread with the pats of butter and cook until the edges of the bread begin to blacken, then flip over and cook on the other side for just a few minutes. remove from heat and top with the ham. pour any extra coffee syrup over the top of the ham.
  8. add a little more oil to the pan and crack an egg into the oil. cook just until the edges of the egg begin to crisp up and brown, and the whites have just barely set. place the egg on top of the ham and toast, and grind lots of black pepper on top, as well as onto the tomatoes. you won't need any salt because the ham is already quite salty.
  9. enjoy enjoy enjoy!
Recipe by foods before dudes at https://foodsbeforedudes.com/coffee-dyed-ham-and-eggs-on-toast-with-burnt-tomatoes-mind-of-a-chef/