Eggs Benedict

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 4 eggs, you will need:

• 1 4 slices Sandwich bread
• 2 30 g butter
• 3 2 slices smoked ham
• 4 4 Poached eggs
• 5 200 g Hollandaise sauce
• 6 4 leaves parsley (optional)
• Total weight: 650 grams

Times:

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

Step by step recipe

1	Prepare 200 g Hollandaise sauce. Keep hot.
2	Prepare 4 Poached eggs. Keep hot.
3	Remove crusts of 4 slices Sandwich bread.
4	Butter one side.
5	Cut 2 slices smoked ham in 2, to get slices about the same size as the toast. Heat the plates.
6	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.
7	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.
8	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.
9	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.

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