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  Eggs Benedict - Traditional recipe and regional variations
Eggs Benedict is a wonderful brunch recipe if you are looking for a different way to serve poached eggs.
For a heavier meal, eggs Benedict are often served with roast potatoes or homemade fries, which are used to mop up the gloriously yummy runny egg yolk.
While the eggs are cooking, the bacon can be grilled or fried for a few minutes and whilst all this is happening, you should have time to pop the muffins into the toaster or under the grill to toast them.
www.helpwithcooking.com /egg-guide/eggs-benedict.html   (809 words)

  
  Eggs Benedict - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eggs Benedict is a dish consisting of slices of toast or halves of english muffins topped with smoked bacon or ham (traditionally back bacon, which in America is called Canadian bacon), poached eggs, and hollandaise sauce.
Sauerbraten or sausage and rye bread are the eggs' accompaniments.
Eggs Florentine is a common variation of Eggs Benedict which replaces the bacon with sauteed spinach.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eggs_Benedict   (569 words)

  
 Pope Benedict XVI - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pope Benedict XVI was elected pope at the age of 78.
Benedict's coat of arms has officially omitted the papal tiara, traditionally appearing in the background to designate the Pope's position, and replaced it with a simplex mitre.
Benedict's first major new appointment was that of his successor as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI   (9285 words)

  
 Fortean Bureau-- Eggs Benedict by John Borneman
Benedict might have had a chance to avoid the collision, except that he had been involved with repositioning several full plastic shopping bags from his left arm to his right while simultaneously searching his pockets for the key to his coffee shop.
Before Benedict could reach the park's Union Street entrance, he heard screeching tires and a tremendous "thump." He puffed on through the gate and was greeted by the dead body of Edgar Whitbred's thief lying in the middle of Union Street.
Benedict presented the giant chocolate rabbit to the bright-eyed little girl and congratulated her solemnly in front of all the other children.
www.forteanbureau.com /dec2002/Borneman/index.html   (2810 words)

  
 Eggs Benedict
Eggs Benedict -- sometimes replacing the traditional ham or Canadian bacon with a local delicacy, perhaps smoked salmon or fresh fish or crab or cheese or spinach or asparagus or a slice of home-grown tomato.
At any rate, it's Eggs Benedict that's guaranteed to make you feel pampered enough to fork over a couple of hundred dollars to be in an old-fashioned bedroom in an out-of-the-way spot as a change from your usual routine.
Lemuel ordered "buttered toast, poached eggs, crisp bacon and a hooker of hollandaise." He got what he wanted, but when "Oscar of the Waldorf" thought to put the unusual combination on the hotel's breakfast and luncheon menu, he improved it with ham and a recently-introduced delicacy from England, the English muffin.
members.cox.net /jjschnebel/eggsbene.html   (800 words)

  
 Making Eggs Benedict - Allrecipes
A constant at celebratory breakfasts and brunches, eggs Benedict is often considered a difficult and extravagant dish.
The eggs and butter must blend at just the right temperature--warm enough to melt the butter, but cold enough to keep from scrambling the eggs--then stay at that temperature until served.
The double-boiler ensures the eggs won't scramble as they heat, and the thermos ensures the sauce is held at an optimum temperature until served.
allrecipes.com /howto/making-eggs-benedict/detail.aspx   (413 words)

  
 Eggs Benedict Casserole Resource | Eggs Benedict Casserole Web-Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Ham and egg breakfast casserole breakfast casserole with ham and eggs and broccoli.
Eggs benedict casserole makes 10 servings 2 1 2 cups cut up fully cooked smoked ham 10 eggs 1 4 tsp pepper cayenne pepper to taste mornay sauce 1 cup crushed corn flakes 1 4.
Eggs benedict recipe eggs benedict with ham and english muffins.
www.casseroles-online.info /eggs-benedict-casserole.html   (687 words)

  
 Eggs Benedict - Allrecipes
While eggs are poaching, brown the bacon in a medium skillet over medium-high heat and toast the English muffins on a baking sheet under the broiler.
Place egg yolks in blender with the lemon juice (1 tablespoon is what I use) and other seasonings, turn blender on high speed for 5 seconds to blend.
When you are ready to assemble your eggs benedict simply remove the egg from the ice water and put it back into your boiling water for just a few seconds until it gets warm enough to serve.
allrecipes.com /Recipe/Eggs-Benedict/Detail.aspx   (589 words)

  
 Catholic Culture : Liturgical Year : Lenten Eggs Benedict (Recipe)
Since Saint Benedict's feast day formerly fell in Lent, we suggest for his feast Eggs Benedict, although we are fully aware the saint did not invent this dish.
Benedict's feast day is now celebrated on July 11, although Benedictine monasteries still celebrate the original feast day in March.
Eggs Benedict with a Hollandaise sauce would also be a fance dish for Easter breakfast.
www.catholicculture.org /lit/recipes/view.cfm?id=36   (176 words)

  
 New York Daily News - Food - Poaching an idea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Such is the case with eggs Benedict, a sumptuous brunch dish containing so many calories that, well, you don't want to know.
"Eggs Benedict is definitely making a comeback," says Scott Linquist, executive chef at Dos Caminos Park Avenue, where the dish is made with corn bread instead of English muffins, and a chipotle-flavored hollandaise.
Benedict and the restaurant's maitre d' started to discuss various combinations and possibilities and before long, eggs Benedict was born.
www.nydailynews.com /city_life/food/story/347039p-296161c.html   (1001 words)

  
 Eggs Benedict by Julia Child and Jacques Pepin
Hollandaise sauce is an essential component of Eggs Benedict, and a lovely adornment for all kinds of egg dishes and vegetable dishes, like warm asparagus and broccoli, and for delicate fish poached in white wine.
Like mayonnaise, it is a classic "emulsion" sauce, which depends on the marvelous capacity of an egg yolk to hold in suspension a much greater volume of butter (or oil, in the case of mayonnaise).
(If, by chance, the eggs seem to be cooking too fast, set the pan in the bowl of cold water to cool the bottom, then continue.) As they cook, the eggs will become frothy and increase in volume, and then thicken.
www.leitesculinaria.com /recipes/cookbook/eggs_benedict.html   (622 words)

  
 Eggs Benedict New York: Recipes
A takeoff on the "Monte Cristo" sandwich (turkey and Swiss cheese coated in an egg batter and grilled).
Poached Eggs and Tomato on Bacon and Potato Pancakes.
But the lack of egg sacrifices taste for texture, and the package's suggestion that "if desired," you may "stir in 1 tsp lemon juice before serving," is ludicrous.
www.echonyc.com /~jkarpf/eggs/recipes.html   (879 words)

  
 Egg Benedict, History of Egg Benedict   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
LeGrand Benedict, finding nothing to her liking and wanting something new to eat for lunch, discussed this with Delmonico’s Chef Charles Ranhofer (1936-1899), Ranhofer came up with Eggs Benedict.
Eggs à la Benedick - Cut some muffins in halves crosswise, toast them without allowing to brown, thn place a round of cooked ham an eighth of an inch thick and of the same diameter as the muffins one each half.
The Waldorf’s legendary chef, Oscar Tschirky, was so impressed that he put the dish on his breakfast and luncheon menus after substituting Canadian bacon for crisp bacon and a toasted English muffin for toasted bread.
whatscookingamerica.net /History/EggBenedictHistory.htm   (534 words)

  
 The Food Timeline: history notes--eggs
Beaten eggs were used as a thickening and to bind sauces and ragouts; hardboiled eggs became an ingredient of various dishes, sometimes with cheese, but here is no evidence that eggs were eaten just as they were, as a dish in themselves.
Eggs were eaten on their own (omelets, scrambled) and employed as congealing agents (custard, flan, souffles).
According to historic cookbooks, the practice of boiling eggs, extracting the yolks and combining them with savory spices (mustard, cayenne pepper) and refilling the eggs with the mixture was common in latter years of the 16th century and was the "norm" by the 17th.
www.foodtimeline.org /foodeggs.html   (6186 words)

  
 Recipes : Eggs Benedict : Food Network
Poach the eggs, turning them occasionally with a spoon, until the whites are firm, or to the desired degree of doneness, about 3 to 5 minutes.
While the eggs are poaching, melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
Remove the eggs from the heat and whisk for 30 seconds to cool slightly.
www.foodtv.com /food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_15941,00.html   (495 words)

  
 Poached Eggs / Eggs Benedict
To keep egg whites from sprawling, crack eggs, one at a time, into a small dish, then slip into simmering water.
Poached eggs can be made ahead of time and held for up to two days.
Eggs can be poached in dry white wine, chicken broth or tomato juice for added flavour.
www.eggs.ab.ca /recipes/basics/poachedbenedict.html   (512 words)

  
 Eggs Benedict: Nothing’s Over Easy - Food for Thought
Eggs Benedict is as much a challenge to historians as it is to chefs.
Eggs Benedict is not named after Benedict Arnold, the famous Revolutionary War general turned traitor.
Eggs Benedict consists of English muffins, topped with a slice of Canadian bacon, a poached egg, and finally hollandaise sauce.
www.foodreference.com /html/eggs-bene-012407.html   (931 words)

  
 CNN.com - German cardinal elected new pope - Apr 19, 2005
Pope Benedict XVI gives his first blessing from the Vatican.
Benedict XVI will dine and spend Tuesday evening with the cardinals in their Santa Martia residence, said Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls.
On Tuesday, Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estevez announced Benedict XVI's election in the traditional Latin, but he prefaced it by saying the words "brothers and sisters" in several languages, an introduction that is likely a bow to the universality of the Roman Catholic Church and its 1.1 billion members.
www.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/europe/04/19/pope.tuesday   (887 words)

  
 Eggs Benedict New York: Feedback
The chef, Oscar Tschirky, the legendary "Oscar of the Waldorf," was so impressed that he put the dish on his breakfast and luncheon menus and named it "eggs Benedict." Chef Oscar's traditional Waldorf way of preparing eggs Benedict substituted ham for bacon and a toasted English muffin for toasted bread.
Eggs Benedict is famous today due to the combination of Lemuel's order, Oscar Tschirky's promotion, and the old Waldorf restaurant's popularity and prestige.
Since your site is dedicated to eggs Benedict, you may not care, but I thought I'd correct a few misapprehensions about 200 Fifth Avenue, my favorite bar.
www.foody.org /eggs/feedback.html   (2405 words)

  
 Dr. Gourmet Healthy Recipes : Breakfast : Eggs Benedict
Remove the egg from the refrigerator and crack it into a teacup or custard dish.
Some may say it is not really Eggs Benedict but I have gotten to the point where I would rather splurge on dessert than Canadian Bacon.
Crack the egg into a teacup and then pour the egg from the cup into the poaching water.
www.drgourmet.com /recipes/breakfast/eggsbenedict.shtml   (661 words)

  
 adam's secret recipes - Eggs Benedict   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Eggs Benedict is a cholesterol filled mess that's fun for the whole family!
The difficult thing about Eggs Benedict is doing everything in parallel, so that everything is ready to serve together.
If you leave it unattended on too high of a heat, the egg yolks will cook and seperate from the butter, leaving you a disgusting messy mess that is not fun and tasty like real Hollandaise Sauce.
www.trenchant.org /recipes/eggsbenedict.html   (438 words)

  
 Eggs Benedict Recipe: Recipes: Food Network
Poach the eggs, turning them occasionally with a spoon, until the whites are firm, or to the desired degree of doneness, about 3 to 5 minutes.
While the eggs are poaching, melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
Remove the eggs from the heat and whisk for 30 seconds to cool slightly.
www.foodnetwork.com /food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_15941,00.html   (510 words)

  
 Eggs Benedict-The Culinary Institute of America
The poaching liquid should be about three inches deep, at a gentle simmer, and it should contain a small amount of salt and vinegar to firm the egg proteins and to prevent the whites from separating.
If eggs have been poached in advance reheat them in simmering water until warmed through and blot on toweling.
Whisking constantly, cook the egg yolk/vinegar mixture until the yolks triple in volume and fall in ribbons from the whisk.
www.ciachef.edu /enthusiasts/recipes/eggs_benedict.asp   (384 words)

  
 Eggs Benedict Italian Style Recipe - Italian Food
These eggs are stylish and flavorful when resting on a potato cake and topped with a red bell pepper sauce.
Mix together the potatoes, egg, flour, Provelone cheese, garlic, thyme, basil, salt, fl pepper, and roasted vegetables.
Slide the eggs out of the cup and place 1 egg on top of each slice of prosciutto.
www.bellaonline.com /articles/art37407.asp   (400 words)

  
 Eggs Benedict New York: What Is Eggs Benedict?
Low-end eggs Benedict is served with instant hollandaise sauce (reviewed at the bottom of the recipes page).
In eggs Florentine, the most common variant, spinach is substituted for Canadian bacon.
A browse of recipes on the Web reveals many eggs Benedict variations, including sausage, fish, shellfish, or poultry replacing the Canadian bacon; salsa, pork gravy, guacamole, olives, chutney, or bernaise or mustard sauces replacing the hollandaise; lime, mustard, or peppers spiking traditional hollandaise; and stuffed bread, cubed bread, or pizza replacing the English muffins.
mosaic.echonyc.com /~jkarpf/eggs/what.html   (606 words)

  
 Eggs Benedict still reigns supreme | csmonitor.com
Benedict's eyes began to glaze over when presented with the menu, so she complained to the maitre d'hotel that she was bored with the offerings.
Lift the eggs from the water with a slotted spoon; drain on several layers of paper towels.
After eggs have been poached (following recipe above), use a slotted spoon to remove them from the pan and place them in enough cool water to cover, and then refrigerate them.
www.csmonitor.com /2003/0102/p17s01-lifo.html   (926 words)

  
 brunch.org > Eggs Benedict
Eggs Benedict are the perfect brunch food, requiring both skill in their preparation and a touch of decadence in their enjoyment.
The dish has two competing creation myths, but both agree that eggs Benedict originated in New York City just over a century ago.
Today, eggs Benedict can be found across the world, with a number of universal and regional variations.
www.brunch.org /eggsbenedict/index.html   (106 words)

  
 Southwestern Eggs Benedict
Even the eggs were so dramatically poached, with a whorl of white at the peak from being lowered into the center of swirling, boiling water.
Gently place the eggs (in the shells) in the boiling water for a count of 30 seconds.
Remove the eggs from the water (this precooking helps the egg maintain the shape while being poached.
www.globalgourmet.com /food/special/2003/heart/eggs.html   (980 words)

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