Oscar Wilde once said that “Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.”
If that’s true, then I am far from being dull because brilliance usually eludes me until around noon–after two or three cups of coffee. I am definitely not a morning person. Mike, my husband, is not a morning person either. He actually slept through a burglar alarm going off in our 400 square foot apartment back in our college days.
We thought having a kid would make us morning people, but we were wrong about that. Lucas, our four year old, will actually sleep until 10 am if we let him. Then again, we also thought getting a dog would make us runners and that didn’t quite pan out either.
Anyhow, it’s a real shame that I’m not a morning person because I really, really love breakfast food.The problem is that most mornings I cannot function well enough to cook anything that requires me to do more than open and pour, which brings me to today’s recipe…
Baked Eggs. A brilliant dish for the less-than-brilliant morning brain. Here’s how you make them…
Ingredients:
Eggs (1-2 eggs per person)
Heavy cream (1 tbsp per ramekin)
Butter (1 tbsp per ramekin)
Freshly grated Parmesan
Your favorite fresh herb (or dry if that’s all you have)
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions:
Preheat the broiler for a few minutes. When it’s nice and hot, add one tablespoon of butter to each oven proof ramekin. Place the ramekins on a baking sheet and put them in the oven for a few minutes until the butter is melted.
While the butter is melting, make sure that you have the rest of your ingredients ready to go. I like to crack the eggs into little bowls or cups so that when the ramekins are ready, I can just easily pour them in.
Pull the ramekins out of the oven and add 1-2 eggs to each ramekin.
Pour 1 tbsp of cream over the eggs and add fresh herbs, salt, pepper, and parmesan cheese.
Place back under the broiler for 3-5 minutes or until the whites of the eggs are almost cooked.
The eggs will be bubbling and look wobbly, but they will continue to cook after you take them out of the oven.
Allow to set for about a minute and then dig in! Serve with a side of buttered toast or if you’re feeling especially brilliant, you could serve with a side of brown sugar bacon.
Until next time, “Bon Appétit!”
About Piera
Brown sugar bacon- YUM! The recipe has me drooling. Thanks for sharing!
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Let me know if you try it : )
Twitter Name: jollymom
I made the Brown Sugar Bacon and my family were in heaven. I can still hear them going on about it. No not really, but I’m still thinking about it anyway.
This looks like a great recipe for this family, who loves eggs. Did you beat the eggs before tipping them in the ramekins?
Nope no beating necessary! Just drop them right into the ramekins as if you were making fried eggs.
Twitter Name: jollymom
Oh and I meant to say…glad you & family liked the brown sugar bacon. It’s a favorite around here too!
Twitter Name: jollymom
Looks good!!
Thank you : )
Twitter Name: jollymom
YUM. I hate breakfast but mostly because it involves like, doing stuff, before noon.
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