Chef Jenny Dorsey takes breakfast up a notch with a luxurious take on scrambled eggs, complete with confit potatoes and pickled turnips.
Make sure you have your Forever Peeler and 8" Knife handy. This recipe makes ample use of both. Pro tip from Jenny: try out the brunoise cut, a knife cut where you get tiny, perfect cubes. It's a wow-worthy knife skill.
Ingredients
Confit Potatoes
- 4 Yukon gold potatoes, peeled, balled with melon baller
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt (Jenny uses Morton’s Coarse)
- 1/4 tsp white sugar
- 2 cups peanut oil (or preferred oil)
- Spices of choice. Jenny used: 8 long peppers (can substitute with 1 tsp whole black peppercorn), 1 tsp dried Jimmy Nardello pepper, 1 tsp whole fenugreek, 1 tsp annatto seed, 1 tsp whole coriander seed
Pickled Turnips
- 1 large turnip, peeled, brunoise
- Cold water, as needed
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt (Jenny uses Morton’s Coarse)
- 1/4 cup pear vinegar (can substitute apple cider vinegar)
- Kosher salt, to taste
- White sugar, to taste
- 1/4 cup cold water
- 1/4 tsp Maggi seasoning (optional)
Scrambled Eggs
- 2 tsp infused oil, from potatoes
- 6 large eggs
- 1/4 cup cold water
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt (Jenny uses Morton’s Coarse)
- 1/4 tsp ground white peppercorn (optional)
- Salmon roe
- Toasted seaweed sheets
Confit Potatoes
Toss potato balls with salt and sugar. Reserve
Heat oil to roughly 300F. Add spices and let bloom 1 minute until fragrant. (Carefully) add all potato balls to pot, and reduce heat to medium low. Let confit at around 250F, uncovered, until potatoes are fully cooked through and fork-tender, approximately 30 minutes. (Make sure to watch them so they don’t become overcooked and disintegrate.
Strain potatoes and reserve both potatoes and oil, separately. Once potatoes are completely cool, remove the whole spices.
Transfer oil back to small pot. Heat oil to 375F. Deep fry potato balls, 2-3 minutes, until golden brown and crisp outside. Drain on paper towels and set aside.
Pickled Turnips
Add turnips in small pot and add as much water as needed to cover them by 1”. Add salt. Bring to a light boil over medium heat, and let cook 1 minute or until turnips are cooked through.
Drain and shock turnips, or let just let cool until room temperature naturally.
Add apple cider vinegar, salt, sugar, water, and Maggi seasoning to taste. Allow to rest (and pickle!) for a minimum of 30 minutes.
Scrambled Eggs
Heat oil in large nonstick pan or cast-iron skillet over medium heat until slick and shiny.
Combine eggs with water, salt, peppercorn. Whisk until fully combined.
Reduce heat to medium low, and add eggs. Gently scramble eggs by constantly stirring eggs as each layer solidifies at the bottom of the pan, until eggs are completely scrambled.
Remove from heat and transfer to a plate.
Top eggs with hot potatoes, pickled turnips, salmon roe and crumbled seaweed snacks.