June 11, 2015
reggae sunday
The idea for this site started with what my husband and i refer to as 'reggae sunday.' sundays in our house are sacred and always begin with brunch at home accompanied by the sweet drop of a reggae beat. even in the dead of winter, we can turn our apartment into our own paradise.
This week, we're serving up the recipe that started it all: an open-faced egg sandwich with prosciutto, tomato, and sautéed spinach with capers.
and because it's sunday, it's perfectly acceptable to drink at breakfast. you can't pour a cup of vodka with your cereal on wednesday. you've got shit to do. but add a little tomato juice to that vodka on sunday, that's brunch. brunch and bloodies have taken off spawning all types of crazy permutations (see: meat straw), but THat's not really our style. this is just a classic bloody that will have you wanting to sleep off the afternoon in the park.
to round out your yolk porn, vodka-fueled morning we suggest playing some reggae. there's no one more synonymous with reggae than bob marley (and for good reason) but often his music conjures up memories of one too many shirtless white guys strumming out 'redemption song' in a pathetic attempt to woo slightly stoned co-eds. that's why discovering of one of his rare tracks is particularly exciting. 'she used to call me dada' is believed to be written about his girlfriend cindy breakspeare and was kept an unreleased demo for almost 30 years. breakspeare is mother to damian marley and is thought to have also inspired other well-known tracks like 'turn your lights down low.'
eat.
ingredients
- 4 slices sourdough bread
- 4 TBSP extra virgin olive oil (divided)
- 1/4 lb. thinly sliced prosciutto
- 4 slices tomato
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 TBSP capers
- juice of half lemon
- 5 oz. spinach
- 2 TBSP butter
- 4 eggs
- salt and pepper to taste
open-faced egg sandwich
serves 2
1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
2. Place sourdough slices on a cookie sheet and drizzle with 3 TBSP olive oil and a pinch of salt.
3. Bake bread in oven until golden on the edges or roughly 7 minutes.
4. Once bread is out of the oven and cooled slightly, divide the prosciutto and tomatoes across each slice of bread. The prosciutto should be placed on the bread first as this creates a barrier so the bread doesn't get soggy from the tomato. Set aside.
5. In a medium-sized skillet, heat 1 TBSP of olive oil, garlic, capers, lemon juice in a pan over medium heat. Once the garlic starts to sizzle, add the spinach and toss around until it wilts-roughly 3 minutes.
6. In a separate non-stick, medium-sized skillet, heat butter over medium heat until it melts and bubbles. Crack open eggs and fry until the white is set-roughly 3-5 minutes. Depending on your level of egg prowess, you may want to cook two at a time.
7. Divide spinach over toast and then top each with an egg. Serve immediately.
drink.
ingredients
- 1/8 tsp of salt
- 5 grinds of a pepper mill
- 5 dashes Tobasco
- 2 dashes Worcestershire
- 4 oz. premium vodka
- 8 oz. Clamato juice
- lemon wedges and cucumber spear (for garnish)
Mary'S bloody
serves 2
1. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice, salt, pepper, Tobasco, and Worcestershire. Then add vodka.
2. Use a cocktail spoon to incorporate the ingredients. Add Clamato juice.
3. Use cocktail shaker to mix the drink together. (roughly 10 seconds)
4. Pour over ice and serve with a lemon wedge and cucumber spear (optional).
listen.
“If she's amazing, she won't be easy. If she's easy, she won't be amazing. If she's worth it, you won't give up. If you give up, you're not worthy. ... Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.” -Bob Marley
Bob Marley & The Wailers - She Used To Call Me Dada.