Eggs Vaucourt
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- butter
- Duchesse potato mixture (appareil à pomme Duchesse)
- scrambled egg mixture (appareil d'œufs brouillés)
- eggs
- truffle
Instructions
- Butter a shallow dish and pipe the Duchesse potato mixture (appareil à pomme Duchesse) using a large fluted nozzle to form either a border, a rosette, or joined rings arranged in a crown.
- Glaze the piped potatoes and color them in the oven.
- Fill the center of the rings, rosette, or border with the scrambled egg mixture (appareil d'œufs brouillés) enriched with asparagus tips and truffles, keeping it very creamy and soft.
- Crack whole eggs onto this mixture and cook them sunny-side up (au miroir). To prevent the eggs from cooking too much on the bottom, place the dish on a sauteuse (shallow pan) filled with cold water.
- Top each egg yolk with a small fluted truffle round.