We have come to a pandemic lockdown again. I think, until there is a good solution that involves more than just vaccines, we will probably have to get used to be locked down once in a while.
You can order almost anything, but not everything. One of them is eggs benedict. You can’t really get delivery order of eggs benedict. They won’t be nicely delivered.
3 Eggs Eggs Benedict
The third egg is for the holladaise sauce
Equipment
- A pot
- A stainless steel bowl that can rest on top of the pot
- Slotted spoon
- A cup
- Whisk
Ingredients
Hollandaise Sauce
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tsp vinegar
- 4 tbsp butter from the fridge
- A pinch salt
- A pinch pepper
Poached eggs
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vingar
- A pinch salt
- Water enough to raise to 4 inchs up the pot.
Instructions
- First boil the water in the pot, and then bring it to a simmer.
- Put the stainless steel bowl on top of the pot, ensuring the bowl doesn't have contact with the boiling water.
- Whisk in the egg and vinegar.
- Add the butter one tablespoon at a time into the egg and vinegar, whisk till smooth before adding the next tablespoon. If the egg starts to curdle, remove the bowl from the heat quickly.
- Season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
Poached egg
- Lower the heat of the boiling water.
- Crack the egg into a tea cup.
- Use a spoon to create a swirl in the middle of the pot.
- Then lower the egg in the tea cup gently. The egg whites will swirl. Don't be tempted to touch the water.
- Wait for 4 minutes.
- Remove the poached egg from the water with the slotted spoon.
- Served with toast, ham, spinach, rocket, smoked salmon, alvomash... anything you like!
So the good news is that it is extremely easy to make. Well, at least this recipe that I created. It is fail-proof, delicious and really fast.
The bread is also home made in 2 hours. Well, lock down is still not very fun, but it certainly makes us a little more adventurous with our cooking.