Poached eggs on spinach

AUTHOR
Bo Carpenter
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3 3
COOK TIME
50 mins
TOTAL TIME
50 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 2 medium-sized onions
  • 200 g cooked ham
  • 1 kg leaf spinach
  • 7-10 Tbsp salt, white pepper
  • 7-10 Tbsp Grease
  • 4 fresh eggs
  • 2 TABLESPOONS White wine vinegar
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Oil
  • 7-10 Tbsp grated nutmeg
  • 125 g Butter
  • 2 Egg yolk (Gr. M)
  • 2-3 TABLESPOONS White wine
  • 1-2 TEASPOONS Lemon juice
  • 1-2 TEASPOONS medium hot mustard

Directions

  1. 1

    Peel and chop the onions. Cut the ham into strips. Clean spinach, wash thoroughly and sort out. Blanch in boiling salted water for 1-2 minutes. Drain

  2. 2

    Fill the brunch pan approx. 2 cm with water and bring to the boil. Grease the bowls and add 1 egg each. Put them in the insert and cook covered for 8-10 minutes. (Or boil up about 1 l salted water with vinegar. Beat the eggs one by one into a cup and let each one slide in carefully. Leave to simmer for 3-4 minutes).

  3. 3

    Fry the onions and ham in hot oil. Add the spinach and let it collapse. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg

  4. 4

    For the hollandaise, melt butter and let it cool down. Beat the egg yolk and wine in a hot water bath until thick and frothy. Beat the butter first drop by drop, then in a thin stream. Do not boil! Season to taste with lemon juice, mustard, salt and pepper

  5. 5

    Remove the eggs from the moulds (or lift them out of the water) and season. Arrange everything. Goes well with baguette

  6. 6

    Drink: mineral water

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
430 kcal
CARBS
3 g
FATS
37 g
PROTEINS
19 g

Categories & Tags

Main DishesEgg