Christmas Brunch, "Do Ahead" Eggs Benedict
"I have made these Christmas Eve morning and served them for Christmas Brunch. The eggs have still been soft centered. The original recipe is from "Company's Coming for Christmas""
- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
- 4 English muffins, split
- 16 slices bacon
- 8 large eggs, poached,still slightly runny
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SAUCE
- 1⁄4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
- 1⁄4 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 pinch nutmeg
- 2 cups milk
- 2 cups swiss cheese, grated
- 1⁄2 cup dry white wine (or alcohol free)
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TOPPING
- 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
- 1⁄2 cup corn flakes, crushed
directions
- Arrange muffin halves, cut side up in a 9x13" oven proof pan.
- Fry bacon until very crisp and soak off fat with paper towel.
- Place 2 slices on each muffin half.
- Poach your eggs until just set and carefully lift the eggs and place one on each muffin half.
- Sauce-----------------------.
- Melt 1/4 cup butter in a saucepan, stir in the flour, paprika, pepper and nutmeg.
- Gradually add milk, stir until it boils and thickens.
- Add cheese and wine, stir until the cheese melts.
- Cool and then spoon sauce over the eggs.
- Topping--------------------.
- Melt 1 tbsp butter stir in the cornflakes, cool, and sprinkle over the top of the sauce.
- Cover and refrigerate.
- In the morning heat oven to 375F and bake for 20-25 minutes, serve.
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I have made these and they are excellent***** -
This was terrific, worked like a champ! -
I made this Christmas Eve for breakfast Christmas morning and I'm sorry but I was disappointed. My mother was visiting and she and my husband liked it, but no one raved over it. We have eggs benny quite regularly and I think it may be just due to the fact that I am used to and like hollandaise sauce much better. I used back bacon instead of regular and both my Mom and I thought that regular bacon probably would have changed the flavour slightly for the better. If you like this type of sauce (reminded my Mom & hubby of a swiss cheese type fondue)and are up for a different twist to eggs benedict then you may enjoy more than I did. I did however like the method and would do it up ahead again sometime, but will use hollandaise sauce instead. I liked the crushed corn flakes on top and I added some parsley for a little colour. -
This was good, but I didn't care for the sauce. I much prefer a traditional hollandaise sauce or a different kind of cheese sauce than this recipe. The make ahead aspect of preparation is great, but the results are just okay, not outstanding. The test is always asking my family if they would like a dish again, and this time the answer was "Well....maybe..." That usually means that they were not totally in love with the dish. -
DH made these for a surprise anniversary breakfast. They were excellent!! He used Canadian bacon instead of regular bacon. Other than that he followed the recipe exactly. He plans on making them a part of his regular breakfast repetoir!
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Bergy
Small town in the Okanagan, B.C.
On January 10 2010 I will celebrate 9 years of Life with Zaar. I can't imagine being without it! It has become part of my daily routine.
I feel very privileged to be one of the hosts on the Photo Forum. Taking photos of my culinary efforts is a full time hobby and I love it. My friends all know what to expect when they come to dinner "Are you finished taking pictures?" or "Did you get a photo of so & so?" I never let them wait too long and the food is NEVER cold! I now have over 6000 photos on Zaar - some fairly good and some definitely not so good. I am happy to say that practice does help.
My roots are in Vancouver BC Canada - a very beautiful city that holds many wonderful memories for me. In 1990, I decided that for my retirement years I may want to settle in a smaller community and found a slice of heaven in the North Okanagan B.C. I love living here but every once in a while I miss the bright city lights, the Broadway shows and some of the small wonderful ethnic restaurants that Vancouver abounds in. That is easily resolved. I just take a trip to the coast, visit with friends for a weekend see a show and feast on Dim Sum or other specialty foods.
I am getting a bit long in the tooth but was a very adventurous person. I have river rafted Hell's Gate on the Fraser river, been up in a glider over Hawaii (no not a Hang Glider!), gone hot air ballooning in the Napa Valley & the Fraser Valley, driven dune buggies on the dunes in Oregon, Para sailing in Mexico and tried many other adventurous, challenging, fun things. I have yet to try bungee jumping or sky diving. I may do them yet. I love to travel and experience other cultures. Mexco has been a favorite haunt. I have visited that lovely country many many times. Australia is another favorite as is England!
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