PrintThe Brunch Dish: Corned Beef Hash at 10 Downing
"It's a great hangover brunch dish, and there's something to be said for that on a Sunday morning in the West Village."
[Photo: Nikki Goldstein]
With all the natural light that pours into the space, 10 Downing is a beautiful place to wake up. The one thing that nobody likes in the morning, though, is a broken promise: The website had given me hopes of a delicious-sounding sunny side up duck egg atop duck ham with stewed figs and onions, which my menu and waiter promptly and unapologetically informed me was no longer available. Thankfully, there was redemption, which took the form of two slow cooked eggs atop corned beef hash, a comfort-packed classic with extra oomph.
After a bread basket filled with carrot muffins, chocolate cookie logs, and olive oil cake, I was ready to tackle the hash, which looked far daintier than any I've seen before. Below the pile of frisee were two beautiful, gigantic eggs that had a favorably disproportionate ratio of yolk to egg white. I wondered where they came from—a local farm, perhaps?—but couldn't resist the desire to pierce the yolk and start chomping away.
Usually, two yolks are enough for a good amount of dipping and schmearing, but these were large enough to truly blanket the dish in their silky glory. And without them, the dish may not have shone: the potatoes were more mush than hash in certain bites, having been stewed with a light tomato sauce and broken down a bit. I wished that the chunks of corned beef and onion had been larger and more pronounced to give the dish more texture, but the flavors were all there and there was no questioning the heartiness of it all. It's a great hangover brunch dish, and there's certainly something to be said for that on a Sunday morning in the West Village.
10 Downing Food & Wine
10 Downing Street, New York NY 10014
212-255-0300
10downingnyc.com/
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