Bolognese Breakfast Hash

Leftovers can often be your best friend. When I make Bolognese sauce, most often to make lasagne, there is usually some leftover.  Not enough to make another lasagne, or to dress enough pasta for dinner, but just a couple of cupfuls will make this delicious breakfast hash.

The mixture of Bolognese sauce and cannellini beans gives hearty, rib sticking, meaty flavour. Think Boston Beans with an Italian spin.  The eggs gently poach in the meaty tomato goodness and a touch of chilli gives a little kick.  Feel free to add more or less heat to your liking.

This breakfast hash is a great vehicle for leftover vegetables too, so throw them in if you have some from the night before. Otherwise, it’s still delicious without.

This is one of those slap-dash meals you serve straight from the pan and dig in.  All you need is hunks of crusty bread and a healthy appetite.

Bolognese Breakfast Hash

Leftover Bolognese sauce makes a deliciously hearty breakfast hash with cannelini beans, eggs and any leftover vegetables lurking from the night before.

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Servings: 4

Ingredients Method

Ingredients

  

• 500 ml Bolognese sauce
• 400 g tinned cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
• 150 g leftover roasted vegetables (optional) roughly chopped
• ½ tsp chilli flakes
• 4 eggs
• salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• 1 handful flat leaf parsley, chopped
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• crusty bread, for serving

Method

 

1. Pour the Bolognese sauce into a deep sauté pan and heat on medium heat until warmed.
2. Add the beans, vegetables (if using) and chilli and toss to combine.
3. Make 4 indentations in the sauce and crack the eggs into each one. Reduce heat, cover and cook for 5 minutes, or until egg whites are set and eggs are cooked to your liking (I like them runny).
4. Remove the lid, season with salt and pepper and sprinkle all over with parsley.
5. Drizzle with olive oil and serve straight from the pan with thick crusty bread.

Recipe from my book – Food for Sharing Italian Style, New Holland Publishers Images – Jonathan VDK