Tuesday 12 May 2015

Here's What Happens When You Ask A Chef To Make You Breakfast

If anyone can turn a pile of vegetables into a decadent breakfast skillet, it’s April Bloomfield.

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Mention the British-born, NYC-based chef's name to anyone who cares about food and restaurants and they'll likely rave about the roquefort cheeseburger and the chicken liver toast at The Spotted Pig, or the lamb burger and the whole suckling pig at The Breslin. (And with good reason.) What they might not mention, though, is that she's also doing incredible things with vegetables.

With four restaurants in NYC and one in San Francisco, Bloomfield now splits her time between the two coasts. "What I love is being able to get off the plane and go straight to the farmers market," Bloomfield tells BuzzFeed Life. "Being able to see the contrast between the two coasts is awesome." Her new cookbook, A Girl and Her Greens, is filled with rustic, hearty vegetables recipes categorized by season. . And don't worry — fussy, overly chef-y recipes aren't her thing.

"This is a very French Basque, peasant-y way to cook," she says of the recipe below, which is representitive of the earthy, rustic food she's known for — a style she attributes in part to her time at The River Café in London. "When I started working at The River Café, I was amazed that I didn't have to, like, cut things into tiny squares. It was a revelation for me, and I was like, 'Oh my gosh, I feel like I've come home.'"

To make this vegetable-filled brunch dish, you'll cook onions in lots of olive oil until they're soft and super sweet, then add garlic, bell peppers, pre-made tomato sauce, and basil, let it all come together, then cook some eggs right on top.

Here is everything you'll need to make this breakfast:

Here is everything you'll need to make this breakfast:

Red and yellow bell peppers, red onion, eggs (not nearly that many!), sea salt, black pepper, tomato sauce (there's a recipe below, but you can use any simple jarred pasta sauce), basil, garlic, pequín chiles. Crusty bread for serving is optional, but recommended.

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