I had some cream left over from a soup I made over the weekend and I’ve been looking for more breakfast options. I was flipping through my $1.99 cheapo vegetarian cookbook and stumbled upon a recipe for Baked Eggs with Cream, Spinach and Parmesan.
I had all of the ingredients and it was a simple 3 step recipe.
The Ingredients:
2 Tablespoons Butter – plus a little extra for greasing
4.5 Ounces Baby Spinach
1/2 Teaspoon Freshly Grated Nutmeg
4 Small Eggs
1/4 Cup Light Cream
2 Tablespoons Freshly Grated Parmesan Cheese
Salt and Pepper to Taste
I cut the recipe in 1/2 and only used 1 egg per dish.
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Step 1 – Lightly grease 2 individual ceramic dishes – the recipe photo showed very shallow gratin dishes – I only had ramekins.
Step 2 – Melt butter in a pan over medium/low and add the spinach.
Cook spinach for 1-2 minutes, stirring with wooden spoon until spinach starts to wilt. Season with ground nutmeg and divide among prepared dishes.
Step 3 – Gently break 2 eggs into each dish…
Again… I only used one egg due to the size of dish.
Pour the cream over the egg…
Sprinkle with grated Parmesan and then season with salt and pepper. I grated my own parm and it was more of a fine shred consistency.
Bake at 350 degrees F. for 5 minutes. Because I used a smaller/deeper dish – mine took closer to 10 minutes before the whites started to harden – while the yolk still remained runny.
I popped some multi-grain toast into the toaster and served it dry with the egg dish.
The toast was perfect for dipping…
Option two – enter the tortilla…
I just scooped the egg mixture out of the ramekin on top of the tortilla that I warmed in the microwave.
I liked the eggs both ways – but I will always have a soft spot for bread… any kind of bread. Bread is my weakness.
Question: How do you like your eggs?
I grew up liking “egg in a hole” or fried with a fully cooked yolk. Now I like my eggs over easy (never on or near a waffle, pancake or syrup) and I also like them hard boiled.
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Eggs are a staple at our house. I should try this. I think the girls would really like it.
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Let me know what the girls think if you ever make them. Thanks Deb!
Looks yummy! I love over easy eggs on toast or over potatoes, so over spinach would be right up my alley. I think I’d add a bit of meat to it too! I love scrambled eggs with diced turkey sausage or ham, onions, tomatoes, jalapeno & cilantro topped with cheese. I also LOVE eggs benedict! I agree no runny egg stuff on the sweet stuff! LOL!!!
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I’m coming over your house for breakfast, yum!
I love scrambled eggs with a variety of things as Kristen mentioned. I’m not a runny yolk fan myself. Sometimes for a quick on the go breakfast I will “fry” an egg and then put it on toast. I think the recipe you mentioned would be good also if maybe I scrambled the egg or at least cooked the yolk more 🙂
I like my eggs over medium. Or scrambled. Or deviled. Pretty much in that order. But if they are over medium, you have to have toast!
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Oooh yes, forgot about deviled – a big time favorite for me as well.
I like eggs cooked a variety of ways, but no matter what, I always need something crunchy or chewy with them — toast, pita, whatever. I can’t stand the purely mushy texture of eggs alone… even if I go every other bite. WHat can I say — I like to chew. 😉
We’re egg twins!
That sounds way weirder than I mean it, too.
I prefer mine as you do, yours.
I’ll shut up, now.
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Yay – egg twins unite! 😉
I like my eggs scrambled or hard-boiled. If I have them fried or poached the yolk has to be hard…no runny yolks for me. Even looking at the pictures of runny yolks makes me gag a little!
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ha! ha! That is not what a food photographer wants to hear – your runny yolk photos made me gag a little! LOL…. thanks for being a trooper and sticking it out for the post. I also enjoy a good poached egg – have yet to master the technique.
My friend Meghan makes a version of this and it is SO TASTY. I have yet to try it but I think it’s time. Your recipe looks so good.
I dunno..I’m not a huge fan of cooked spinach..its the taste I thing..
I love all kinds of eggs! Hard boiled, soft boiled, deviled, sunny side up, as an omelette but I really dont like scrambled… they just seem bland.
NO runny eggs for me!!!!! I like mine cooked well, either scrambled dry or fried. I would definitely give this a try if the eggs could be cooked longer.
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That looks absolutely fantastic! Can’t wait to try this one with some good sourdough. Runny eggs for life!
Mmmmmm… delicious eggy goodness! I love the individual portions of this recipe. Great job with the the photos, I especially like the one where your holding the toast and you can see the crust.
My favorite eggs is over easy. I love the delicious, golden egg gravy slathered on sourdough toast the most!
This looks good but I would have to modify it a bit because I like my eggs HARD, baby! They can’t have any runny action in the yolkage or I gag. Yep, that’s why they call me Fabby-G!
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“runny action in the yolkage” – Ha! Ha! love it!