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Eggs Benedict

Soft-boiled eggs, served on toast with a slice of fried smoked ham, and the whole covered with Hollandaise sauce.

189,9504.1/5 for 17 ratings

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Last modified on: August 8^th 2018

For 4 eggs, you will need:

0 4 slices Sandwich bread
1 30 g butter
2 2 slices smoked ham
3 4 Poached eggs
4 200 g Hollandaise sauce
5 4 leaves parsley (optional)
Total weight: 650 grams

Change these quantities to make: 2 eggs 4 eggs 8 eggs 12 eggs

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
1 hour 1 min.	3 min.	1 hour 4 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 20 min.

Prepare 200 g Hollandaise sauce.

Keep hot.

Stage 2 - 20 min.

Prepare 4 Poached eggs.

Keep hot.

Stage 3 - 3 min.

Remove crusts of 4 slices Sandwich bread.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Butter one side.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Cut 2 slices smoked ham in 2, to get slices about the same size as the toast.

Heat the plates.

Stage 6 - 1 min.

Put ham slices in a hot frying pan, 30 seconds on each side (if you use regular ham instead of smoked, leave until ham is lightly fried).

Keep hot.

Stage 7 - 2 min.

In the same pan, put the toast butter side down until well browned, then turn over and cook the other side for 1 minute.

If you are in a hurry, don't butter toast, just put in a toaster.

Stage 8 - 3 min.

Put 1 slice of toast (or 2 if you are hungry) onto a hot plate, add a ham slice on top then a soft-boiled egg.

Stage 9 - 5 min.

Cover with hollandaise sauce. If possible decorate with a parsley leaf, and serve immediately.

Remarks

Try to use not completely white bread, but whole-wheat instead, your toast and your eggs Benedict will be better. Even better is to make your own sandwich bread. Don't be afraid, it's quite easy.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,364 Kcal or 5,711 Kj	38 gr	76 gr	163 gr
68 %	15 %	7 %	25 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
210 Kcal or 879 Kj	6 gr	12 gr	25 gr
10 %	2 %	1 %	4 %

Per eggs
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
341 Kcal or 1,428 Kj	10 gr	19 gr	41 gr
17 %	4 %	2 %	6 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 4 eggs : 3.29 €
Per eggs : 0.82 €

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Source

Home made.

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Hollandaise sauce: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fish terrine with spinach and tomatoes, Langoustine and leek tarts, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pogne de Romans, Plain cake, Mussels marinière, Moist Lemon Cake, Baked apples from St Aubin le Vertueux, ... All
	Poached eggs: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Eggs meurette, Tartine du pêcheur , Baked potatoes with poached egg and tuna sauce , Fried bread with leek and poached egg , Polenta with spinach and soft-poached egg, ... All
	Sandwich bread: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chicken club sandwich, Pain perdu, Genoese croque-monsieur, Grilled cheese, Spinach Croque-monsieur , ... All

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