Eggy Crumpet Breakfast

I checked in early last night instead of staying out super late for my friends birthday.  To make up for it (and to further the celebration) I had some other friends bring her over for a surprise birthday breakfast.  It was just the chance I needed to try out a Jamie Oliver recipe I've been meaning to mess with: Breakfast Eggy Crumpets.  All it really involves is frying an egg-soaked crumpet in rendered bacon fat (if you dare) and serve it hot with the bacon and some syrup.  

So, it was shopping time for the early birthday/hang-over meal.  While at the grocery store (quite early for a Saturday) I picked up some fruit and other things and decided to make a sweeter version of Jamie's more savory, bacon-y concoction.  Among the additions were yogurt, blueberries and maple syrup.  What I ended up with was an Eggy Crumpet with Maple-Laced Yogurt and Blueberries.  And here you can see the extra drizzle of Wisconsin Maple syrup we added to give it just the right sweetness.  

As far as crumpets go (which I know little about) they were soft & tender-what one might call an "English French Toast."  And with that I made super savory Bacon-Garlic Roasted Breakfast Potatoes, which were merely red potatoes cut up and roasted with some chucks of uncooked bacon, garlic and seasonings.  

And of course, everyone got a side of bacon-which I amped up to some thick-cut peppered bacon.  It was a gorgeous, sunny, albeit filling, Saturday morning on the deck and everyone got their bacon-fix.  All we needed after that was a nap.