• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • about Dom in the Kitchen
  • contact me
  • pr & demo’s
  • Private Dining

Dom in the Kitchen Homepage

Recipes from my Lincolnshire kitchen

  • Home
  • Chicken Thighs
  • Bread
  • Cakes
  • Eggs
  • Vegetarian
  • Everything else

potato, carrot and rosemary kugel with poached eggs

5 October 2019 by Dominic Franks

potato kugel with poached egg
This potato, carrot and rosemary kugel with poached eggs was inspired by a stunning Jamie Oliver branch dish dish I saw on one of his TV shows I was watching the other day whilst sitting vacantly in front of food programmes, half paying attention, half hungry.
A potato kugel is traditional eastern european jewish dish originally served during festivals. It’s a very simple dish that is usually consists of just grated potato and onion but I had some carrots to use up and thought they’d make a nice addition here and to be honest, any root veg would work, parsnips would be particularly nice. It’s basically a jewish rosti! It’s quite a sweet dish so serves well with lamb, beef or a juicy bit of pork belly but also works really well served with goats cheese or feta salad as the tartness from the cheese is a wonderful compliment.  My mum makes her version of kugel and serves it in slices, in place of roast potatoes with Friday night dinner or a Sunday roast.  I’m serving it here as a breakfast or brunch dish and it’s really excellent alongside a soft poached egg.
People complain that poaching eggs is tricky.  I don’t find it tricky but it is a faff.  Scrambling or frying is just so much less bother… but anyway, don’t be scared of it.  It’s just eggs.  If it doesn’t work, try again.  I use a combination of the Delia ‘leave it in the pan’ method and the Jamie Oliver ‘just get on with it’ method.  No stupid vinegar or swirling the water bollocks.  Just a large shallow pan, simmering water and salt.  My only ‘tip’ is not to crack the eggs into the water from a height.  Better to crack the eggs into a ramekin and submerge them gently into the water. The great thing about poaching eggs is that you can poach them till their just how you like them, take them out of the water and then when breakfast is ready submerge them in hot water for a minute until they’re hot again.
potato kugel with poached egg
for the kugel
  • 5 medium potatoes
  • 2 large onions
  • 2 large carrots – roughly grated
  • 2 eggs – beaten
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • salt and pepper
  • a large handful of fresh rosemary
  • 2 tablespoons of olive oil

for the poached eggs

  • 2 eggs per person
  • water
  • salt
  • a ramekin or similar
pre-heat the oven to 180C and butter your baking tin… i’m using an oblong swiss roll tin but any metal pan will do, a quiche or tarte tin is good.  Earthenware will work too but there’s something about the metal tin that makes it more ‘roasty’
Cut the potatoes and carrots into large chunks and par-boil till just beginning to yeald, drain and place in the fridge for one hour.  I usually do mine the night before.
Once the potatoes and carrots are cold, grate them and add them with the rest if the ingredients to a large bowl and mix together well.
Tip into your cake tin or roasting tray and roast in the oven on 190C till golden and grisp around the edges, roughly 40 mins
To make the poached eggs I prefer to use my large shallow cast-iron casserole dish.  There’s something about the cast-iron that holds the heat and cooks them evenly.  Fill the pan with water and heat it till it’s rapidly boiling, then turn down the heat until it is just steaming.  Once it’s steadily hot with no bubbles lower the eggs into the hot water and leave them alone at this exact heat.  They should take about 5 minutes to become perfect with soft yolks but feel free to go until you like them.
potato kugel with poached egg
Eat and of course, enjoy!

Share this post:

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Pinterest Share on LinkedIn Share on E-mail

Filed Under: Vegetarian Tagged With: breakfast, brunch, kugel, potato, rosti, vegan, vegetarian

Previous Post: « sausage and bean rough puff pastry pie
Next Post: victoria plum streusel tart »

Reader Interactions

Related Posts with Thumbnails

Comments

  1. Denise Tyrrell says

    7 October 2019 at 1:25 am

    So nice to hear a no nonsense view to poached eggs this is a perfect breaky/brunch dish🙏

    • Dominic Franks says

      15 October 2019 at 2:24 pm

      thanks… it’s so easy, people make such a fuss!

  2. Alice says

    23 October 2019 at 5:20 pm

    Ooh this looks delish – Will have to try for Sunday brunch this weekend!

Primary Sidebar

About Dom In The Kitchen

My name is Dominic, I am a cook, food writer and creative event producer. I write the food blog Dom In The Kitchen and also write a monthly recipe column for Lincolnshire Life Magazine and Good Taste Magazine. I also run creative event production company The Persuaders, producing global events for brands since 1997. I am based both in the small village of Belleau in Lincolnshire and the smaller village of London! Read More…

Subscribe

Get new posts by email:
Powered by follow.it
  • Bloglovin
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

Archives

Tweets by @DomInTheKitchen

as featured in Lincolnshire Life Magazine

Lincolnshire Life

creatively managed by

The Persuagers
Belleau Cottage

Footer

This error message is only visible to WordPress admins

Error: No feed found.

Please go to the Instagram Feed settings page to create a feed.

&copy 2010 - 2021 | All rights reserved | Website by Peckish Digital