Shirred Eggs Metternich
I’m sure that today there are not too many people who even know who Metternich was. I found Shirred Eggs Metternich in the Hotel St. Francis Cook Book by Victor Hirtzler, I’m sure he was running out of names for some of his dishes. In more simple terms it’s shirred eggs with mushrooms and cheese.
Shirred Eggs vs Eggs en Cocotte
In this homogenized world everything seems to be grouped together and made to be the same. While both eggs shirred and eggs en cocotte are baked, that is the only similarity.
Shirred eggs are baked in a lower dish very similar to a small graten dish. Eggs en cocotte are baked in ramekins in a water bath, it’s subtle difference but it is a difference .
With this recipe I add my easy breakfast potatoes, a simple recipe that will fill up the hungriest.
The ingredients are for one serving, simply multiply by the number of people you are serving. You can use any kind of cheese you would like to.
Ingredients for Shirred Eggs Metternich
- 1 small graten dish well buttered
- 2 fresh eggs
- 3-4 button mushrooms thinly sliced
- ¼ cup grated cheese ( your choice)
- salt & pepper
- 1- 2 Tbs butter
- Additonal butter for mushrooms
- Chopped Parsley for garnish
Directions for Shirred Eggs Metternich
Preheat oven to 325º
In a saute pan with a little butter saute the mushrooms until they are slightly softened 5- 7 minutes. Once cooked season with salt & pepper.
Carefully break 2 eggs into the buttered graten dish. Season the eggs with salt & pepper. Spoon the cooked mushrooms over the eggs and sprinkle the cheese on top. Place a small pat of butter on top of each egg.
Bake in the center of the oven for 12 -15 minutes, until the whites are set and the yolks are still runny. If you don’t like runny eggs, cook a few minutes more.
Once done garnish with the parsley.
Serve with easy breakfast potatoes.
Easy Breakfast Potatoes
In a saute pan large enough to cook the potatoes in a single layer, melt butter add thinly sliced waxy or low starch potatoes and very thinly sliced onions season with salt and pepper. Allow to cook and brown then turn and continue to brown, adding butter as needed to keep the potatoes from sticking, until all are cooked through. If you want to add more taste, cook a few slices of bacon well, and cook the potatoes in the bacon fat with the butter and add the crumbled bacon back at the end.
Here are a few items to help make this recipe:
Cuisinart 722-36H Chef’s Classic Stainless 14-Inch Open Skillet with Helper Handle
HIC Round Au Gratin Porcelain Creme Brulee Dish, 5-Inch,4-Ounce Capacity, Set of 6,
T-fal E93808 Professional Total Nonstick Thermo-Spot Heat Indicator Fry Pan, 12-Inch, Black
Ok! so I’m not exactly a morning person, like I’m the only one around here that isn’t ! Runny eggs and Parmesan and little green things that tasted of butter I might just have to get up for that- 5 paws
- 1 small graten dish well buttered
- 2 fresh eggs
- 3-4 button mushrooms thinly sliced
- ¼ cup grated cheese ( your choice)
- salt & pepper
- 1- 2 Tbs butter
- Additonal butter for mushrooms
- Chopped Parsley for garnish
- Preheat oven to 325º
- In a saute pan with a little butter saute the mushrooms until they are slightly softened 5- 7 minutes. Once cooked season with salt & pepper.
- Carefully break 2 eggs into the buttered graten dish. Season the eggs with salt & pepper. Spoon the cooked mushrooms over the eggs and sprinkle the cheese on top. Place a small pat of butter on top of each egg.
- Bake in the center of the oven for 12 -15 minutes, until the whites are set and the yolks are still runny. If you don't like runny eggs, cook a few minutes more.
- Serve with easy breakfast potatoes.
- Easy Breakfast Potatoes
- In a saute pan large enough to cook the potatoes in a single layer, melt butter add thinly sliced waxy or low starch potatoes and very thinly sliced onions season with salt and pepper. Allow to cook and brown then turn and continue to brown, adding butter as needed to keep the potatoes from sticking, until all are cooked through. If you want to add more taste, cook a few slices of bacon well, and cook the potatoes in the bacon fat with the butter and add the crumbled bacon back at the end.
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