This is a top little snack for those who are not into bread but miss that little eggy dream come true, sometimes called a Toad In The Hole, other times an Egg In The Basket, some freaks even call it a Popeye Egg.
Either way, this is a great little alternative that you can whip up at a moment’s notice, and is basically no mess no fuss.
Prep/cooking time: quicker than a schoolboy on prom night.
Ingredients
Haloumi
An egg
Butter
What? You want more ingredients?
The Slice
Cut a slice of the cheese about equivalent to a piece of bread.
I recommend fairly thin, as haloumi can often have a lot of taste in it already which may overpower the snack.
The best thing since sliced bread
The Hole
Take a cookie cutter and plug out a hole in the cheese, or just cut one out with a Rambo knife.
Use a shot glass if you're badass
Take that - Swiss cheese
The Fry
Dump some butter in the pan on medium heat.
Chuck in the cheese.
I decided to cut an extra bit out to have a full moon and waxing moon cheese
Cook for a couple mins and flip out like a ninja.
Fried haloumi
The Toad
Pop the egg into the middle of the hole.
Flip after a couple mins, then leave for just long enough to cook the albumin (white) – about 30 secs – any longer than that and the yolk is overdone.
Egg in the basket
The Result
Toad in the haloumi
YOLK SMASH
The Nutrition
Hey, it’s an egg and cheese.
Plenty of fat and protein, a bit of good cholesterol, and negligble carbs.
Saw this on reddit and I have to say its a great idea!
Over here in the uk toad in the hole is sausage cooked into yorkshire pudding so I was a little confused at first but it looks so tasty, Ill have to try get some square hallumi like yours!
I grew up with mum calling it Turd In The Hole.