I see Irish eyes a smiling

There are many high quality pre-packaged black puddings on the market. Finding them in the states is a difficult task and always expensive.

For a long time I had planned on making it from scratch but finding a butcher who sells fresh blood is impossible. All those vampire shows and movies where every corner has a butcher selling fresh blood are more of a myth than the vampires themselves.

By chance we found an authentic English restaurant in Little Rock that doubles as a grocery store stocked with true biscuits, bangers, sauces and other English specialties including black pudding.

Baked Eggs and Black Pudding Hash

• 4 eggs
• 1 lb red potatoes diced small
• 8 ounces black pudding quartered and diced
• 1 cup diced red onion
• 1 jalapeno diced fine
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1 tsp mace
• 6-8 basil leaves sliced into ribbons
• 10-12 grape tomatoes…