Bridge of Spies
Bridge of Spies: Big American Breakfast
DONAVAN: I’ll start with some coffee, please. And then I’ll have the Hilton Combo, and the American Breakfast. And coffee.
WAITRESS: Both breakfasts?
DONAVAN: Yeah. Yeah.
BRIDGE OF SPIES, 2015
Bridge of Spies: Big American Breakfast
HOFFMAN: You shouldn’t be here.
DONAVAN: Well sometimes in Germany you just want a big American breakfast.
BRDIGE OF SPIES, 2015
Bridge of Spies: Big American Breakfast
A general recipe for the big american breakfast seen in the movie, Bridge of Spies, starring Tom Hanks.
Ingredients
- 2 - strips bacon
- 2 - breakfast sausages
- 2 - eggs large
- 2 - to mato slices
- salt and pepper to taste
- assortment of fruit
- PANCAKES:
- 6.7 oz / 190g / 1 1/2 cup - all purpose flour
- 2 tbsp - sugar
- 1/2 tsp - salt
- 2 tsp - baking powder
- 1 - egg large
- 1 1/2 cup - milk
- 2 tbsp - unsalted butter melted
Instructions
- For the pancakes, whisk together the dries in a bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, Whisk the wets into the dries. Do not worry about a few lumps. Finally mix in the melted butter.
- Heat a cast iron skillet over medium high heat. Add butter or oil to the skillet and ladle in the batter.
- Flip when bubbles star to form on the top and the edges begin to set. Serve hot with butter and syrup.
- A typical American breakfast would have eggs (scrambled, fried, or sunny side up), two strips of crispy bacon, sausage, and the tomato slices are optional.
- To prepare the bacon, place the strips on a cold pan and cook on a medium low heat. Cook until crispy and golden. Drain off the excess fat.
