Ulster Fry [up]
Source of Recipe
Ireland/and Wikipedia
Recipe Introduction
Serves 4
An Ulster Fry is a dish similar to the Irish breakfast or the Full English, and is popular throughout Ulster.
A traditional Ulster Fry consists of bacon, eggs, sausages (either pork or beef), the farl form of soda bread (the farl is split in half crosswise to expose the inner bread and then fried with the exposed side down), potato bread[6] and wheaten farl. Other common components include mushrooms, baked beans or pancake. All this is traditionally fried, however in recent decades, people have taken to grilling the ingredients instead.
The Ulster Fry is often served for breakfast, lunch and dinner in households and cafes around the province. Emigrants have also popularized the serving of an Ulster Fry outside Ulster.
The usual accompaniment is strong tea, typically a blend with a high proportion of Assam leaves.
List of Ingredients
soda farl
potato farl
For the fry-up
8 beef or pork sausages
8 vegetable rolls (sausage and scallion)
4 ripe tomatoes, cut in half
9-10 oz mushrooms, cleaned
4 tbsp oil
salt and fresh black pepper
8 slices ready-made black pudding
8 rashers smoked streaky bacon
8 rashers back bacon
8 eggs
Recipe
Heat a large, non-stick frying pan over a medium heat until hot. Add the potato farls, in batches, and fry for 3-4 minutes on each side, or until golden-brown on both sides. Keep warm until ready to serve.
for the fry-up
roast sausages for 25-30 minutes, or until golden-brown and cooked through.
Place the tomato halves, cut sides facing upwards, into a separate roasting pan with the mushrooms. Drizzle over one tablespoon of the oil and season, to taste, with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Roast in the oven for 10-15 minutes, or until softened.
Meanwhile, heat another tablespoon of oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Add the slices of black pudding and fry for 1-2 minutes on each side, or until crisp on both sides. Remove from the pan and keep warm.
Add the bacon rashers to the same pan and fry for 6-8 minutes, or until crisp and golden-brown on both sides.
Meanwhile, heat the remaining two tablespoons of oil in a separate frying pan over a medium high heat. When the oil is hot, crack in the eggs, in batches if necessary, and fry for 1-2 minutes, or until the yolk has just set.
To serve, place two potato farls on one side of each serving plate. Divide the sausages, black pudding, bacon, tomato halves, mushrooms and fried eggs among the plates. Slice the soda bread, spread with butter and serve alongside.
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