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[mr beauxjangles]

leftover cauliflower, rosemary, parmesan, and baguette from last night leads to tonight's dinner. this is loosely based on something a friend cooked for me earlier this year (he works with marco canora, for any of you that watched next iron chef).

serves two. shouldn't take longer than 45 minutes. you can modify the veg based on your preferences but the sunchokes and asparagus are pretty essential IMO.

1 bunch of asparagus

half a head of cauliflower

4 or 5 sunchokes

2 parsnips

1 red bell pepper

2 cloves of garlic

sprig of rosemary

a few sage leaves

2 eggs

1/4 cup of vinegar

olive oil

salt and pepper

parmesan, manchego, asiago, or something similar

bageutte or some crusty bread

1) chop all veggies (cut the asparagus into thirds, cauliflower into bite size pieces, and thinly slice the parsnips, sunchokes, and red pepper)

2) toss cauliflower with oil, shredded parmesan, salt and pepper and roast for 20 minutes at 425 degrees.

3) meanwhile, saute the other veg in olive oil (sunchokes, parsnips, and garlic in a seperate pan from asparagus and red pepper. sunchokes and parsnips will take a bit longer. you could just add the rest after a few minutes to the same pan).

4) mix all the roasted and sauteed veg with a little more olive oil, the chopped rosemary and sage, and keep on lowest heat setting while you poach the eggs.

5) poach two eggs - bring pot of water to a boil, add two tbs of vinegar, and reduce to barely simmering. crack each egg into seperate small bowls. gradually slide/submerge the eggs into the barely simmering water and cook for roughly three minutes (two for totally runny egg, four for slightly firmer yolk).

6) remove the egg, palce on top of a pile of veg, add some S&P and a little parmesan, and some toasted baguette on the side to soak up all that nommy yolk.

[Hawk]

I'm more than happy to volunteer to be anyone's taster, I've got years of eating experience

[mmmbeans]

Just to add to the fried chicken tips, I always marinate the chicken overnight in buttermilk and Texas Pete, then bread, egg wash, bread. The most important thing though, IMO is adding paprika to the breading mixture.

Paprika FTW!

smoked paprika if you got it.

and if you don't.... get some. it'll change your life.