Egg Dishes

Eggs Benedict Casserole

The other day I was strolling through Pinterest looking at large gathering brunch ideas and came across a number of "pins" about eggs Benedict casserole. The recipe was basically the same in all of them and it was designed to serve10-12 people.

The idea intrigued me, but what if you're not having a group over? So I reworked the recipe to a more manageable portion to serve 4.

The recipe is really simple and easy, but does take time as you need to allow it to sit for 4-12 hours so the muffins soak up some of the egg. To make it even easier you can use my "quick" blender Hollandaise sauce which we will post below

Directions

Spray or butter a 3 cup (appox) Au gratin dish.
Split and cut up the english muffins and cut into small cubes.
Dice the Canadian bacon.
In a bowl place the eggs, milk,onion powder, vanilla ,nutmeg, salt and pepper.
Whisk well to combine all the ingredients.
Sprinkle about ¼ of the bacon on the bottom of the dish, Then place ½ the English muffin in the dish and top with ½ the remaining Canadian bacon.
Layer in the rest of the English muffin and top with the remaining bacon.
Now pour the egg mixture over all and press lightly to insure all the muffin is in the batter.
Cover with foil and refrigerate for at least 4 hours up to overnight.
When ready to bake, place into a preheated 375º oven and bake in the center of the oven, covered for about 30 minutes.
Then remove the foil and bake for another 10- 15 minutes until the top bacon is cooked and the muffin is browning slightly.
While the casserole is baking begin to prepare the Hollandaise.
Directions for Blender Hollandaise Melt two sticks of butter and keep warm (not hot).
Into a blender place the egg yolks the lemon juice, salt, pepper, Tabasco and paprika and blend for a few seconds to combine all.
When the casserole is just about done, turn the blender on high and slowly add the warm butter until you have a thick pale yellow sauce.
Pour sauce into a gravy boat and serve on the side.