Œufs à l'Anglaise (Eggs English Style)

Ingredients

• On the dish:
• eggs
• crumb-bread (pain de mie) for toasts
• thickened veal gravy
• Poached or soft-boiled:
• eggs
• round or oval toasts
• grated Chester (Cheshire) cheese
• Cayenne pepper
• Beurre noisette

Instructions

1. On the dish: cook the eggs in the pan and cut each one out with a plain round cutter.
2. Grill rounds of crumb-bread to the same size and set an egg on each.
3. Send thickened veal gravy separately.
4. Poached or soft-boiled: set the eggs on round or oval toasts.
5. Mix grated Chester with a point of Cayenne and sprinkle it over the eggs.
6. Moisten lightly with Beurre noisette and glaze in a hot oven.