A Guide to European Breakfasts
Delicious & Easy Recipes for Your Mornings
BY
Nadia Santa
Copyright 2021 Nadia Santa
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It's the start of the day, and with a good breakfast, a person has ample energy to go about their day. You understand that and have been making delicious and healthy breakfast for yourself and your family, but youre running out of ideas, right? Everything you make is getting boring, and you want to try something new? Then, try European breakfast recipes.
European food is classic and traditional and has a wide range of flavors and types. European breakfast dishes are versatile, ranging from Italian omelet, Norwegian rice porridge to French crepe. Eggs and ham are two popular items to use in the breakfast dishes, and they are often used to brighten up the flavor and add protein. In Europe, the main breakfast, like Omelet Mish Mash, is served with side items like bread. There are so many types of bread made in Europe like French crusty bread, baguette, toasted white/whole wheat bread and Dutch oven round bread, etc.
While the savory breakfast dishes are more popular and preferred with items like meat, eggs, cheese, vegetables like mushrooms (raw and sauted), tomatoes and spinach, etc. Europeans love their sweets. In Europe, you can get sweet breakfast food like pancakes, crepes with a sweet filling and Dutch buckwheat pancakes. The European recipes in this cookbook are delicious and easy to make and won't take much of your time, perfect if you're a busy adult or a working mom.
European Breakfast Drinks
While European Breakfast dishes are complete in themselves, a little something extra like tea or coffee is a good way to get your bearings in the morning when youre half asleep. In different parts of Europe, coffee and tea (both green tea and milk tea) are prepared and served in different ways.
The Perfect English Tea
Have some aromatic tea to start your day!
Must-Need: 3 tsp loose tea (any variety like Earl Grey tea, Darjeeling tea, Assam tea or English breakfast tea), white sugar cubes or granulated sugar, clean water.
Optional: Milk and lemon slices.
What to Do:
Take a kettle that is descaling regularly for 2 people, use a 20-oz kettle and pour cold water that has been freshly drawn into the kettle and boil it.
Add loose tea to a teapot use a 20-oz pot for 2 people and pour boiling water into the pot.
Let it brew for about 3-5 minutes or even longer. The brewing time depends on how strong you want the tea.
Mix the tea once before pouring it into cups. Serve with lemon slices.
If youre using milk, add a little bit of it to the cups before the tea. Use a strainer to prevent any cream from getting into the cup. Then, pour in tea and sugar and serve.
Hot Chocolate French Style
This hot chocolate is rich and chocolaty, the perfect morning drink for chocolate lovers. Topped with whipped cream, its a great way to warm up in winter.
Must-Need: cup heavy cream, 8 oz bittersweet chocolate, 1 cups whole milk, 2 tsp powdered sugar and 1 large bowl whipped cream.
Optional: tsp espresso powder
What to Do:
Place a medium-sized saucepan on medium heat and add in all of the ingredients (omit the espresso powder if not using it).
Keep whisking everything till tiny bubbles begin to form on the sides but dont let the mixture come to a boil.
Take the saucepan from the heat and add in sliced chocolate. Stir the chocolate till it melts and is mixed. Place the saucepan on the stove and adjust the heat at low if the chocolate doesnt melt.
Pour the chocolate into 4 small cups or 2 big, long and intense cups.
Top with whipped cream and serve.
Spanish Coffee
Taste the Caf cob Leche from Spain, a Spanish coffee with espresso and steamed milk.
Must-Have: 1 oz espresso or any other really strong coffee that is brewed, 1 oz whole milk
Optional: Sugar
What to Do:
Brew your coffee. You can use an espresso machine, a French press coffee maker or make it on the stove make it strong.
Add milk to a pot and heat it. Dont let the milk come to a boil but heat it for as long as possible.
Add milk to the coffee and mix well. You can add sugar if you want. Serve.
European Breakfast Recipes
1. Classic European Style Breakfast Plate
This European breakfast plate is complete and fulfilling with eggs for protein and greens like arugula provide much needed vitamins. Fruit like dates or orange wedges and ham complete the bundle.
Serving Size: 2
Prep Time: 13 minutes
Cooking Time: 7 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients:
Greens like arugula or pea shoots as required
Cheese like brie to taste
4-6 pieces crusty bread
2-4 pieces plain ham, sliced thinly
2 eggs, soft-boiled
Jam and butter to taste
Fruits like orange or Medjool dates
Tomato Salad:
6 cherry tomatoes
Salt and pepper to taste
Extra virgin olive oil to taste
A pinch or a sprinkle of lemon juice
Instructions:
In a pot with water, soft-boil the eggs for exactly 7 minutes and no longer. Place the eggs in cold water for a little while and then put them inside egg cups if you have them or in a small bowl.
Make the tomato salad by adding the ingredients for the tomato salad in a bowl and mixing them. Slice the cheese if you desire.