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Eggs Arsène

Eggs Arsène is a rather more rustic version (and definitely more Comtoise in style) of eggs Benedict , that indispensible breakfast dish in Ian Fleming's novels.

And you're right, there is a nod to James Bond here.

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Last modified on: October 25^th 2018

For 12 people, you will need:

0 3 tablespoons oil
1 750 g belly (streaky) bacon
2 12 Poached eggs
3 900 g cancoillotte
4 300 g cream
5 600 g Nanterre brioche
6 150 g butter
7 pepper
Total weight: 3,345 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
43 min.	19 min.	1 hour 2 min.

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Keeping:

Should be eaten immediately.

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Pour 3 tablespoons oil into a frying pan on high heat. When really hot, add the finely sliced 750 g belly (streaky) bacon (allow one rasher per person).

Stage 2 - 2 min.

When nicely browned, transfer onto a chopping board and cut each rasher in half.

Set aside.

Stage 3 - 30 min.

Prepare 12 Poached eggs and keep hot.

Stage 4 - 6 min.

Melt 900 g cancoillotte in a small saucepan on low heat and add 300 g cream.

Mix well, pepper lightly, then check the seasoning.Cover and keep hot.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Slice 600 g Nanterre brioche (one slice per person) and lightly butter both sides of all the slices.

Stage 6 - 8 min.

Use the same pan as for the bacon, without washing it, to brown the brioche slices on both sides.

Stage 7 - 2 min.

Assemble the eggs Arsène

Heat the plates.

Put a slice of fried brioche on each plate.

Stage 8 - 2 min.

Arrange 2 pieces of fried bacon on each slice.

Stage 9 - 2 min.

Top with a poached egg.

Stage 10 - 2 min.

Finish by pouring over a generous helping of the cancoillote with cream.

Stage 11

Serve immediately like this, or split the egg open to show off the runny yolk.

Remarks

Ideally the brioche for this recipe should be barely sweet, made with a brioche dough using only half the normal amount of sugar. This is a good way to use up the ends from a sausage brioche.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
8,573 Kcal or 35,893 Kj	264 gr	69 gr	802 gr
429 %	101 %	7 %	122 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
256 Kcal or 1,072 Kj	8 gr	2 gr	24 gr
13 %	3 %	<1 %	4 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
714 Kcal or 2,989 Kj	22 gr	6 gr	67 gr
36 %	8 %	1 %	10 %

% 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 12 people : 18.45 €
Per person : 1.54 €

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Source

Home made.

More recipes?

This recipe uses (among others)

	Cancoillotte: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Eggs Comtoise, Endive gratin with cancoillotte, Comtoise stuffed tomatoes, Risotto-style celeriac, Comtoise tart for Seàn, ... All
	Belly (streaky) bacon: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Potatoes with bacon and herbs, Bacon and cabbage omelette, Pâté de campagne, Cassoulet, Larded pork tenderloin, ... All
	Nanterre brioche: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Apple charlotte with toasted brioche, Caramelized brioche with pear and kiwi, ... All
	Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Grilled fillet of salmon with corn salad cream, Chocolate rolls (petits pains), Ramekins of duchess potatoes, Curried prawn risotto, Crispy rolls with chicken and leek, ... All

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