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A NEW YEAR’S BRUNCH

COURTESY OF “SUNDAY BRUNCH” (CHRONICLE BOOKS) BY BETTY ROSBOTTOM

PAN-FRIED EGGS AND MIXED minutes. Season with salt and several
MUSHROOM SAUTÉ ON TOASTED grinds of pepper. Remove the frying
SOURDOUGH SLICES pan from the heat and cover with foil
Serves 4 to keep warm. (The mushrooms can
be prepared 1 day ahead; cool, cover
Mushroom Sauté and refrigerate. Reheat, stirring, over
• 11/4 ounces mixed dried medium heat.)
mushrooms
• 11/2 cups boiling water 3. For the toast and eggs: Brush both
• 3 tablespoons olive oil sides of the bread slices generously
• 8 ounces sliced brown with olive oil. Set a 10- to 11-inch
mushrooms nonstick frying pan over medium-
• 2 teaspoons minced garlic high heat, and, when hot, add the
• 1 teaspoon dried crushed bread and cook until lightly browned,
rosemary (see tip) about 2 minutes per side. Remove
• Kosher salt the toast and cover loosely with foil.
• Freshly ground black pepper When pan is cool enough to handle,
wipe it out with clean paper towels.
Toast and Eggs
• 4 1/2-inch thick sourdough slices 4. Add the butter to the frying pan
• Olive oil and set it over medium heat. When
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter the butter starts to foam, break an
egg into a saucer, being careful to
• 4 eggs
he late-night revelry
T of New Year’s Eve • Kosher salt remove any shell fragments., and
• Freshly ground black pepper
gently slide it into the frying pan.
has made New Year’s
Day brunch a go-to
(optional)
Immediately reduce the heat to low
tradition for millions • Rosemary sprigs for garnish Repeat with the remaining eggs.
of people. Staying up and cook, basting the eggs with some
until the calendar officially turns from 1. For the Mushroom Sauté: Place of the butter in the pan frequently,
one year to the next at the stroke of the dried mushrooms in a medium until the whites are firm and the
midnight can make it harder to get bowl and cover with the boiling yolks are still soft and runny, 3
out of bed on the morning of January water. Let stand until softened, 20 minutes.
1, so there may be no better day to minutes. Strain in a sieve lined with a
plan a brunch than the first day of double thickness of paper towels and 5. While the eggs are cooking,
the calendar year. reserve the soaking liquid. Coarsely arrange a toasted bread slice on
chop the mushrooms. each of four plates. Mound the
Many restaurants offer brunch mushrooms evenly over the toast.
specials on New Year’s Day, but 2. Heat the olive oil in a medium,
people need not leave home to heavy frying pan set over medium 6. Remove each egg with a
ensure their first meal of the new heat. When hot, add the brown spatula and arrange on top of the
year is delicious. This recipe for “Pan- mushrooms and sauté, stirring often, mushrooms. Season with salt and
Fried Eggs and Mixed Mushroom for 6 minutes. Add the reserved pepper and, if desired, garnish each
Sauté on Toasted Sourdough Slices” mushrooms, garlic, rosemary, and serving with a rosemary sprig. Serve
from “Sunday Brunch” (Chronicle 1/2 teaspoon salt; stir for 1 minute. immediately.
Books) by Betty Rosbottom can be Add the mushroom liquid and cook,
just the dish to begin a new year. stirring, until it has evaporated, 4 to 7