How to make Eggs Benedict -
A classic English breakfast dish – poached eggs served with delicious hollandaise sauce .
This recipe has featured on the show Khanakhazana.
Main Ingredients : Eggs (अंडे), English muffins (इंग्लिश मफीन्ज़)
Cuisine : American
Course : Snacks and Starters
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Eggs Benedict Recipe Card
Hindi: anda
You should always stack your fridge with at least a dozen of them. Why? Handiest food to have around! Kids are hungry? Make some egg sandwiches. Guests come in, make an egg curry or egg biryani. You are hungry? Poach an egg and have it topped with stir fried veggies – perfect protein source for the body! Check the freshness – keep a raw egg in a bowl of water. Fresh eggs will stay at the bottom while stale eggs stand on end or float.
Prep Time : 16-20 minutes
Cook time : 11-15 minutes
Serve : 4
Level Of Cooking : Moderate
Taste : Mild
Ingredients for Eggs Benedict Recipe
Eggs 4
English muffins 1 tablespoon
Salt to taste
English muffins 2
Butter 2 tablespoons
Egg yolks 4
Lemon juice 2 tablespoons
Butter clarified 1/2 cup
Salt to taste
Black peppercorns crushed 5-6
Fresh basil leaves handtorn 6 leaves
Method
Step 1
Break eggs and separate the yolks into a pan. Whisk them well.
Step 2
Boil some water in a bigger pan. Add lemon juice, two tablespoons of water to the yolks and mix. Keep the pan with the yolks over the boiling water. Cook, stirring continuously, till thick and smooth.
Step 3
Remove the pan from heat and add clarified butter, drop by drop, stirring continuously till about half the butter is used up.
Step 4
Then add the remaining butter, a little more at a time till all the butter is used up. Add salt and crushed pepper and mix. If the sauce becomes too thick, keep the pan in the double boiler again and whisk.
Step 5
Tear two basil leaves and mix. Keep the sauce warm.
Step 6
Heat some water in a pan. When the water begins to boil, add vinegar and salt. Break the eggs, one by one, into a small bowl and then gently slide the egg into the boiling water. Gently fold the egg white over the yolk and cook till the yolk sets.
Step 7
Heat some water in a pan. When the water begins to boil, add vinegar and salt. Break the eggs, one by one, into a small bowl and then gently slide the egg into the boiling water. Gently fold the egg white over the yolk and cook till the yolk sets.
Step 8
Remove the poached eggs with a perforated spoon onto a plate.
Step 9
Take English muffins and slit into two horizontally. Apply butter to both the halves.
Step 10
Place the muffin halves on a plate, place a poached egg over each half. Place a basil leaf over each egg. Spoon some hollandaise sauce over it.
Step 11
Grill the muffins in a preheated oven for two minutes till the eggs are gratinated.
Step 12
Serve hot.
Nutrition Info
Calories : 1281 Kcal
Carbohydrates : 103.3 gm
Protein : 69.6 gm
Fat : 65.7 gm
Other : Vitamin B12- 7.2mcg
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