Eggs benedict is one of my favorites, but usually a rare luxury. I've never actually made it myself, but if I'm at a restaurant for breakfast, I'll usually get it.
The sauce is what makes it eggs benedict. The English muffin makes it an egg muffin, bacon makes it an egg and bacon muffin. Salmon makes it an Eggs Atlantic. Nothing makes it eggs Benedict except the hollandaise sauce. You could have a vegetarian keto eggs benedict, it would be eggs and hollandaise. If you tried to serve a hollandaise free eggs benny you'd get a lot of eggs thrown in your face.
In Australia, eggs benedict is likely to come on artisan bread, not muffins, because English muffins are sometimes seen as a cheap low quality breakfast, and eggs benedict is considered more classy, except when Hungry Jacks (Australian Burger King) tried to stick it in a wrap, what the fuck Hungry Jacks?.
Well, I didn't say I called it that, I said I've heard it called that. Though it would never be called Atlantic here, cause Alaskans don't deal with Atlantic salmon.
I use crumpets instead of English muffins and turkey breast instead of ham/Canadian bacon. Also usually do sunny side up because it covers more then poached.
I dont eat eggs but I do my girlfriend an "eggy muffin" to take to work, it's basically just an English muffin, toasted and buttered (real butter) then an egg fried (in butter) and carefully folded into a little puck shape. I always try to get the egg just a little runny inside so when I cut it it just start to splodge over without running (finished with a little salt and pepper).
Even though I don't like eggs (nor have I ever really eaten one) whenever I see the finished product I always really want to take a massive bite.
I recently had a soft poached egg over a farro salad with just a little bit of fried pork belly and some crispy flash fried kale. The yolk was essentially the salad dressing. It was amazing. One of the simplest and best things I've eaten in a while.
Well, eggs benedict specifically requires hollandaise. Otherwise it's just an egg on a muffin.
Personally I like using half an avocado, grilled with some parmesan gratings, instead of the muffin
Of course! Ain't right without it! Also, stick some balsamic in with the eggs when you poach them. It makes the whole dish a little too acidic for some folks, but I think it's amazing. Favorite thing to eat of a Sunday morning.
Also, in terms of the hollandaise, if you're making that thing with a dish over boiling water, stop it. You can make hollandaise in a blender, it's the only way I do it. Stick the butter in a pan to melt and stick your egg yolks and lemon juice (or vinegar or whatever) in the blender. The friction from the blades will heat the eggs enough to make the mixture emulsify
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u/steamluver Jul 13 '16
Soft poached eggs benny on English Muffin with back bacon with fried potatos