Œufs à la Pastourelle (Fried Eggs on Bacon with Grilled Kidney and Mushrooms)

Ingredients

• fried eggs
• lean bacon (one rectangle
• lamb or mutton kidneys (half a grilled kidney
• mousserons
• butter
• shallot
• chopped parsley

Instructions

1. Blanch and grill as many rectangles of lean bacon as there are eggs, and arrange them flat in a crown on a round dish.
2. Place a fried egg on each rectangle of bacon.
3. Set half a grilled lamb's or mutton kidney on each egg.
4. Slice mousserons raw — or ordinary mushrooms failing them — and sauté them in butter with a little shallot.
5. Fill the middle of the dish with them and sprinkle lightly with chopped parsley.