Eggs Montmorency

Origin: Paris, France

Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Line the bottom of a serving dish with a spoonful of asparagus tips in cream (pointes d'asperges à la crème).
  2. Crack the eggs directly onto this base and cook them.
  3. After cooking, arrange 3 to 4 beautiful green asparagus tips between the yolks and across them. Place a small bouquet of artichoke hearts, thinly sliced and sautéed in butter, in the center.

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