Sunrise Sandwich Recipe

This week's episode on Food For Rock is all about mornings, sunshine, good vibes and starting the day with a delicious breakfast sandwich.

So keeping that in mind, here is a step by step guide to creating, The Sunrise Sandwich, 

inspired by The Beatles song, “Here comes the sun.”

The Ingredients:

An English muffin, any kind will do.

A tomato. (I use a beefsteak or hothouse).

Portuguese Morcela sausage. (Portuguese blood sausage) 

A can of Baked Beans. Personally, I like to use Heinz Quebec Maple Syrup, Baked Beans. But if you can't find this, I would use a sweeter baked beans mix.

You will also need eggs, salt, pepper, smoked paprika, honey mustard and some butter.

The secret to this recipe is the “Patty" that I make with the Portuguese Morcela and baked beans.

Making the Morcela Bean Patty:

Cut a seven inch portion of the Morcela sausage and add a cup of baked beans into a bowl and mix and mash it together with your hands, fully combining both the sausage and the beans.

Once you have mixed the sausage and baked beans together, cut some parchment paper into squares. Use a round mold and scoop 3 tablespoons of the sausage/beans mash into the mold to form each patty. Repeat this process until you have used up the whole mixture. Place the patties in a zip lock bag and freeze them for a minimum of two hours, (overnight would be better).

Prep the tomato: 

Slice the tomato into thick segments about  0.25 inch or 0.6 cm. Sprinkle the tomato segments with salt, pepper and smoked paprika.

Now it's time to cook!

Step 1.  Heat a non stick pan to medium high.

Step 2.  Once the pan is hot, place the tomato and sausage patty in the pan and leave it for about 2 minutes or until they turn golden brown.

Step 3.  Once golden brown, flip the tomato and sausage in the pan.

Step 4.  Add a tablespoon of butter to the pan and crack an egg over the butter.

Step 5.  Put your English Muffins in a toaster and toast to your preference.

Step 6.  Once the egg has firmed up, flip the egg and turn off the heat to the pan.

Step 7.  Once your muffins are toasted, butter them and now we can begin to assemble the sandwich!

The Assembly: 

Start with putting the sausage patty on one of the toasted English Muffin slices. Next, put the tomato on top of the sausage and then finally add the egg onto the tomato and finish it off with a little honey mustard. Finally, place the other slice of the English Muffin on top of the egg.

And voila! You are done!

And don't forget to pour yourself your favorite breakfast beverage, (mine is a strong coffee with cream).

Now kick back, relax and listen to, “Here Comes The Sun,” and enjoy your very own Sunrise Sandwich!

-The Hung