Œufs à la Bruxelloise (Eggs with Braised Endive, Brussels Style)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- eggs
- 1 medium braised endive (sur le plat)
- butter
- 1 spoonful sauce Béchamel
- crushed rusk (biscotte)
- tartlet crusts (poached or mollets)
- braised endives
- sauce Crème
- rusk crumbs
Instructions
- Sur le plat: slice a medium braised endive, heat it in butter and bind it with a spoonful of sauce Béchamel; spread it over the bottom of the dish.
- Break the eggs over the endive, sprinkle lightly with crushed rusk, and cook as usual.
- Poached or Mollets: slice braised endives and bind them with sauce Crème; fill tartlet crusts with the mixture.
- Set the eggs on the tartlets and coat them with sauce Crème.
- Sprinkle with rusk crumbs and glaze quickly.