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for two.

A breakfast with heart

Valentine’s Day is a fine excuse to cook something great-tasting, fun and quirky for someone
special. These heart-shaped toasts say it all in the language of egg, bacon and avo lurve

Egg-in-the-hole with pan to the oven and cook for 4-6
bacon and avocado minutes until the whites are set but

SERVES 2. HANDS-ON TIME 20 MIN the yolks are still runny. Toast and
butter the remaining bread slices
• 8 rashers free-range British and stamped-out hearts.
streaky bacon 3 Meanwhile, mash the avocado in
• 4 thick slices good quality bread a medium bowl with the lime juice,
• Olive oil for frying chopped coriander and a pinch of
• 2 medium free-range eggs salt and black pepper.
• Butter for spreading 4 Once the eggs are cooked, top the
• 1 ripe avocado buttered toast with bacon and
• Juice 1 lime sandwich together with the
• Small handful fresh coriander, egg-filled toast. Serve the
roughly chopped, plus extra sandwiches with a dollop of mashed
to serve avocado on the side and the toasted
• Your favourite sauce to serve hearts, with a drizzle of your
(we like sriracha chilli sauce) favourite sauce.
PER SERVING 768kcals,

YOU’LL ALSO NEED… 47.4g fat (13.6g saturated),
• Heart-shaped cookie cutter; large 35g protein, 47.5g carbs
non-stick ovenproof frying pan (3.4g sugars), 3.8g
salt, 5.5g fibre
1 Heat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan/
gas 6. Put the bacon in a single
layer on a baking tray, then cook for
10-12 minutes, turning once, until
crisp. Set aside (keep warm), then
reduce the oven temperature to
180°C/160°C fan/gas 4.
2 Using the heart-shaped cookie
cutter, stamp out a heart in the
middle of 2 of the bread slices.
Heat a splash of oil in the frying
pan set over a medium heat.
Add the bread slices with the
heart-shaped hole, cook until
golden on one side, then flip
over, remove the pan from
the heat and crack an egg
into each hole. Transfer the

RECIPE & FOOD STYLING
TROY WILLIS
PHOTOGRAPH MAJA SMEND
STYLING TONY HUTCHINSON

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