Œufs à la Portugaise (Eggs with Tomato)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- eggs
- hard-boiled eggs (for the Durs version)
- tomato fondue
- chopped parsley
- sauce Tomate
- tomatoes
- oil
- seasoning
- sauce Portugaise
- butter
- glace de viande
Instructions
- (Sur le plat) Spread a spoonful of tomato fondue over the bottom of the dish.
- Break the eggs on top and cook them.
- After cooking, set a small bouquet of thick fondue on each side of the yolks, with a little chopped parsley on top.
- (En cocotte) Put half a spoonful of fine tomato fondue in the bottom of each cocotte.
- Break the eggs in, poach them and surround the yolks with a ribbon of sauce Tomate.
- (Durs) Take somewhat firm tomato halves, press them, remove the seeds, season them and cook them in oil.
- Set half a hot hard-boiled egg on each tomato half and coat with thick sauce Portugaise.
- (Brouillés) Dress an ordinary scrambled egg mixture in a timbale.
- Peel, press and chop tomatoes, sauté them in butter and set them as a bouquet in the middle.
- Surround the bouquet with a ribbon of glace de viande and place a pinch of chopped parsley on top.