Bacon-and-egg Sandwich
Ingredients
Directions
Fry the bacon until crispy.
Chop the fried bacon and hard-boiled eggs.
Mix the bacon and eggs with enough mayonnaise to spread nicely.
Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Bacon
- Adds salty, smoky flavour and a crisp contrast to the soft filling.
- Hard-boiled eggs
- Provide the bulk and creamy texture of the filling.
- Mayonnaise
- Adds fat and moisture so the filling binds and spreads easily.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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