Baked Eggs
Course: BreakfastCuisine: FrenchDifficulty: EasyServings
2
servingsPrep time
5
minutesCooking time
18
minutesCalories
465
kcalTotal time
23
minutesBaked eggs or oeufs en cocotte are a delicious alternative for preparing your eggs for breakfast or brunch. There are so many different variations of fillings to really keep you interested
Ingredients
butter for greasing
2 large eggs
4 tbsp cream
salt and black pepper
chives chopped
- Variations
- Cheese and mushrooms
Basic Ingredients +
25 g butter
150 g button mushrooms cut into ¼’s
15 g Parmesan cheese grated
1 tsp Fresh thyme leaves finely chopped
- Oeufs en cocotte Florentine
Basic Ingredients +
150 g spinach
- Ham
Basic Ingredients +
75 g Good quality ham sliced into bite size pieces
- Smoked Salmon and Chives
Basic Ingredients +
75 g Smoked Salmon
Directions
- Basic Method
- Prepare the Oven and Ramekins
- heat the oven to 400 ° F/200°C/Gas Mark 6
- Melt some butter and brush the inside of each ramekin
- Preparing the Eggs and Filling
- Add 1 egg and 2 tablespoons cream to each ramekin.
Season with salt, pepper - Baking the Eggs
- Pour boiling water in the tray so that comes at least halfway up the side of the ramekin.
- Bake for 15 minutes, or until the eggs are cooked to your liking.
Check the eggs after10-12 minutes, cooking longer if needed - Top with a sprinkling of chopped chives and serve hot, with Fresh Sourdough bread or hot buttered toast.
- Variation Methods
- Cheese and Mushrooms
- Prepare the oven and ramekins as above
- Fry the mushrooms and thyme off in the butter until the mushrooms are golden brown and the liquid has evaporated
- Divide the mushrooms between the ramekins and add an egg
- Top with parmesan cheese and seasoning
- Bake as above
- Serve as above
- Oeufs en cocotte florentine
- Prepare the oven and ramekins
- melt a little butter in a saucepan and add the spinach
toss the spinach in the butter until it has nicely wilted - divide the spinach between the ramekins and add an egg and follow the basic method to finish
- serve as above
- Ham
- Prepare the oven and ramekins
- Divide the prepared ham between the ramekins and proceed as for the basic method
- serve as above
- Smoked Salmon and Chives
- Prepare the oven and ramekins
- Follow the basic method but divide the salmon between the ramekins
- Serve as above