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Breton eggs

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Ingredients for 4 servings:

  • 125 g smoked bacon
  • 2 leek(s)
  • 1 tbsp flour
  • 250 ml meat broth
  • 125 ml white wine
  • salt and pepper
  • Nutmeg, freshly grated
  • 8 eggs
  • 2 tbsp crème fraîche

Instructions

Working time approx. 15 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 10 minutes; Total time approx. 25 minutes

boiled eggs in a spicy leek sauce

Boil the eggs until soft-boiled, let them cool slightly, and peel them. Set aside. Dice the bacon and thinly slice the leek. Fry the bacon in a wide saucepan, add the leek, and sauté lightly. Dust with flour, stir in the meat broth and wine, bring to a boil, and simmer for about 5 minutes, until the leek is cooked. Season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Stir in the crème fraîche. Add the eggs to the sauce and heat through. Serve with boiled potatoes.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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