Wake up to eggs & bacon on Collop Monday!

Posted on February 24, 2014 by admin

You’ll probably know that Shrove Tuesday – also known as Pancake Day and Mardi Gras, or ‘Fat Tuesday’ - is a Christian tradition, whereby rich ingredients including milk, eggs and sugar are purposely used up before they are given up for the fast of Lent.

Less well-known-about however is Collop Monday, the day before Shrove Tuesday. This was traditionally the day to use the last of the meat in the house, (a ‘collop’ is a piece or slice of meat) which was usually bacon, served with eggs. The fat used to cook the bacon was then kept and used to cook the pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, ensuring that nothing went to waste.

At aqua shard we’re great believers in keeping traditions alive, so on Collop Monday, 3rd March, we’ll be serving a very special dish at breakfast, aqua shard Eggs and Bacon: 63° steamed egg, crispy bacon and potatoes and potato mousse. Cooking the egg by steaming gives a consistency similar to poaching but leaves the white translucent and silky. Delicious!

Aqua shard Eggs and Bacon will be priced at £7.50 and is available from 7am-10.30am on Monday 3rd March 2014. To book your table please visit https://www.aquashardblog.co.uk/about-us/

Had you heard of Collop Monday? How do you mark the occasion, or do you save your appetite for pancakes on Shrove Tuesday instead? Let us know in the Comments!