Making eggs benedict often seems tricky, but it’s really a lot easier than you think. For example, you can easily make the sauce in the blender. For any special occasion, this recipe is highly recommended. Make sure you plan ahead because making it takes time, but preparing eggs benedict perfectly has never been easier with this method!
It requires careful work
Making eggs benedict is just a bit much at once, so I totally understand if you rarely eat it. The same goes for most people. They only eat it in a restaurant. That’s a shame. So usually this is true because making it yourself never really works out. Your brain gets scrambled just thinking about all the supplies.
How do you make eggs benedict?
That said, when you know how to toast an English muffin, fry your bacon and how to poach eggs then making eggs benedict is a piece of cake! The sauce is the only thing that can be tricky then, but you make this very easily in the blender.
The Basics
Eggs benedict is really a traditional American breakfast/brunch recipe from New York City. It consists of an English muffin, toasted Canadian bacon and poached eggs. In addition, the French Hollandaise sauce cannot be missed! It is a rich and satisfying dish.
The method
Here’s how to proceed. Not everyone poaches eggs right away on the first try. Sometimes it goes wrong a second time, too. That’s no big deal. It sometimes takes a little practice and income.
You’ll need for the basics:
- 8 slices of bacon (or 4 slices of Canadian bacon)
- 4 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons white vinegar
- Butter
- 2 English muffins
- 2 tablespoons of chopped parsley
For the sauce you will need:
- 10 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 3 large egg yolks
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- Tabasco
Step by step
- Fry the bacon
- Bring the water to a boil
- Make the Hollandaise sauce in the blender (on high speed until the eggs are light in color, turn it to low speed and only then add the butter)
- Poach the eggs
- Toast the English muffins
- Assemble your eggs benedict
- Enjoy!
Tips:
- Start with the freshest eggs you have in the house. The older they are the more likely they will fall apart.
- Make sure the water does not boil completely. When it is fully boiling there is a much greater chance that your egg will fall apart.
- Hollandaise sauce is easy to make in a blender. When the sauce is emigrated but too thin to your taste, you can pour it into the pan in which you melted the butter and heat it over low heat, then keep stirring constantly until the sauce thickens.
- When you have poached the eggs remove them from the water with a spatula and plunge them into a bowl of ice water.
- Just before you assemble the eggs benedict, heat the pre-poached eggs again for 2 to 3 minutes in a bowl of hot but not boiling water.
- Use tongs or a fork to carefully remove the bacon from the pan, then place it on a paper towel. This way you let the excess fat drain away. This makes the dish a little tastier and, again, a little healthier. Because it’s not good if you ingest all that excess fat.
When is eggs benedict good to serve?
When do you actually serve it? It’s basically always tasty, but it can also be the perfect meal for a special occasion, Mother’s Day for example. Eggs benedict is a special dish, and this is impossible not to like!