Breakfast Mice Recipes

SAVOURY MINCE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan, then add onion, celery and carrot and sauté for 5 minutes, or until softened. Add garlic and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds.
• Add beef mince / ground beef and cook, breaking up with a spatula or wooden spoon, for 8-10 minutes until browned.
• Add flour and stir through, then add in potato, beef stock, Worcestershire sauce, tomato paste and season with salt and pepper and stir to combine. Bring to boil, then reduce to a simmer, stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes or until potato has cooked and sauce is thickened. If the liquid evaporates too quickly before the potato cooks through, add a little more stock to the saucepan.
• Stir in peas and cook for 2-3 minutes until tender. Serve on top of toast, rice or a baked potato.

SAVOURY MINCE THREE WAYS

Steps:

• In a large saucepan or pot heat the olive oil over a medium to high heat. Add the diced onion, carrot and crushed garlic. Sauté for a bout 5 minutes until the vegetables have started to soften.
• Add the ground beef/ beef mince and continue to cook whilst stirring until all the meat has been browned off.
• Add the Worcestershire sauce, mustard, soy sauce, stock and tomato paste. Give it a good stir and simmer over a medium heat for 15-20 minutes. Stirring occasionally.
• Melt the butter either in the microwave or on the stovetop, and stir in the flour to form a thick paste. Add to the beef mixture and stir well. Remove from heat and stir for a couple of minutes until the sauce has thickened up nicely.

EASY SAVOURY MINCE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a shallow casserole dish or saute pan that has a tightly fitting lid. Add the onion and cook for a fry for a few minutes, then add the garlic and cook for another minute or so, until starting to turn golden.
• Add the mince to the onion to cook. It's best to do this in stages so that the mince has enough room in the pan to fry, rather than steam. Cook until all the meat is browned and there is no liquid left in the pan.
• Add the flour and stir in. Continue to cook, stirring all the time. Make sure nothing sticks to the bottom of the pan and burns.
• Add herbs, tomato puree and beef stock, together with wine and yeast/beef extract/ soy sauce / Worcestershire sauce if used. Stir briefly, and bring to a gentle simmer.
• Turn the heat right down and cover with the lid. The dish should be on a very gentle simmer. Leave for 20 minutes.
• After 20 minutes, it should be dark and glossy, with a rich, thick gravy. Add the frozen vegetables and cook for a further 5-8 minutes.
• Serve with potatoes, rice, pasta or on toast as a sloppy joe. Or allow to cool and freeze.

SAVOURY MINCE

Steps:

• Heat butter or oil in a large pan, add onion and garlic.
• Sauté until onion is transparent.
• Increase heat, add mince and dash of Worcestershire sauce- stir often to break up the lumps of mince and cook until mince has browned.
• Drain fat or liquid residue.
• Add the crumbed stock cube, herbs, gravy powder, salt and pepper.
• Make sure the gravy powder is combined with the mince so it does not go lumped when the water is added.
• Slowly add the water to the mince mixture stirring all the time.
• Bring to boil, reduce to simmer and cover and cook for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• If mince needs thickening add a little cornflour (ie 1 tsp) in water to the mix to thicken.
• Serve on buttered toast or with rice or mashed potatoes and steam vegetables.

BREAKFAST MICE

Steps:

• Gently scoop egg yolks into small bowl.
• Mash yolks, mayonnaise and salt until smooth.
• Spoon yolk mixture back into egg halves.(Do not heap).
• Place 2 halves, cut side down, on each serving plate. (on top of lettuce or spinach leaves if using)
• Cut two tiny slits near the narrow end of each egg half; position 2 radish slices on (or into) each half for ears.
• Use the root end of each radish to form tails.
• Push raisins (or currants) into each egg half to form eyes.
• Place small pile of cheese in front of each mouse.