Princess Diana’s favourite lunch recipe that she demanded ‘once a week’
Princess Diana was known to be a hands-on mum and would often be seen taking her two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, to school and cooking for them at home
The royal chef who catered to the royal household for a remarkable 15 years has candidly shared Princess Diana’s favourite lunch recipe.
In an endearing tribute video he uploaded on his YouTube channel to celebrate what would have been the beloved Diana’s 60th birthday, Darren McGrady spilled the beans about the Princess of Wales’ penchant for “comfort foods” those homely treats she could savour alongside her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry.
He unveiled that “one of her favourite meals” was the homely eggs Suzette, a concoction mainly involving a baked potato topped with eggs.
McGrady divulged in his captivating recount: “Egg Suzette – you can see why it was one of the Princess Diana’s favourites. She requested it at least once a week.”
Moreover, the dish featured the simplicity and richness she admired with McGrady noting: “She loved that poached egg on top, a little hollandaise sauce and some spinach on the bottom.
Ingredients
Serves two:
The potato shell
-Two large baking potatoes
-Two tablespoons of butter
-One egg – yolk only
-Salt and pepper to taste
The filling
-Two cups of spinach leaves
-One teaspoon of olive oil
-One pinch of ground nutmeg
-Salt and pepper to taste
-Two large eggs
-One teaspoon of white wine vinegar
-One teaspoon of salt
Hollandaise sauce
-Four tablespoons of butter
-Two eggs (yolks only)
-One-quarter of a teaspoon of lemon juice
-Salt and pepper to taste
-One teaspoon of chopped fresh tarragon
