Egg in the hole

This is another recipe that I have seen recently and wanted to try. I love eggs.. from my head down to my legs...which brings me to - Egg in the hole.

I saw a version of the egg in the hole used as the bread in a grilled cheese on 'A cozy kitchen' a wonderful blog with delicious and beautiful food. I am not sure I am ready to try the oozy cheezy yummy-ness that was the grilled cheese version but I took the egg in the hole part and made it for the first time. Delicious. Simple. Beautiful.

I also borrowed the Pioneer Woman book from a friend and there is a version in there as well also very simple. If you like eggs and want an easy breakfast or even dinner try it out.

Ingredients:
1 Egg
1 Piece of bread any kind (I used Texas toast style)
1 tablespoon butter (or spray)

Cut a hole in the bread with an inverted cup or cookie cutter. Make sure you have enough bread still left over to hold the egg.

Melt butter in a skillet over medium low.Place the bread and center that was cut out in the pan and leave for a minute or two.

Drop the egg in the hole (get it - egg in the hole) and season with salt and pepper.

Cook for a minute or two until the white is set on the bottom and the bottom of the bread is starting to toast and brown. Then, flip the bread with the egg carefully and cook on the other side until the egg is done to your liking and the bread is toasted and brown. Season with salt and pepper if desired. Flip the bread center piece too.

Use the middle cut out piece to dip in the center to get the oozy yolk of the egg. Enjoy

Egg in the hole
Ingredients:
1 Egg
1 Piece of bread any kind (I used Texas toast style)
1 tablespoon butter (or spray)

1. Cut a hole in the bread with an inverted cup or cookie cutter. Make sure you have enough bread still left over to hold the egg.
2. Melt butter in a skillet over medium low.Place the bread and center that was cut out in the pan and leave for a minute or two.
3, Drop the egg in the hole (get it - egg in the hole) and season with salt and pepper.
4. Cook for a minute or two until the white is set on the bottom and the bottom of the bread is starting to toast and brown. Then, flip the bread with the egg carefully and cook on the other side until the egg is done to your liking and the bread is toasted and brown. Season with salt and pepper if desired. Flip the bread center piece too.
5. Use the middle cut out piece to dip in the center to get the oozy yolk of the egg. Enjoy



A Cozy Kitchen - Egg-in-a-hole-Grilled-Cheese

Pioneer Woman - Egg in a hole

The one with French Toast

On the weekends growing up, either at our house or a friend’s house, we had French toast. I remember the mixture of cinnamon, egg, milk and bread cooking in the buttered pan.  The aroma was unmistakable. I decided to start my first blog with this nostalgic toast recipe. I have not made French toast in a LONG time. I do remember the tendency I had to burn French toast (and most other types of toast) growing up, but I think I finally have the right touch.

French toast, at its most primitive, is egg soaked day old bread fried up in a pan with butter.  There are many variations that I have used before. One key ingredient is the day old bread because it is just dry enough to soak up the egg mixture. You can use anything from white, to wheat, to sourdough.  In this batch I got some soft fresh French bread from the bakery and had them cut it for me to 1 inch width. I set it out on a baking sheet a few hours before I needed to use it. It would be best left out over night and used the next morning, but I don’t always think that far in advance. If you have fresh bread it is fine to use but I would suggest not soaking it as long and being very careful because it will fall apart more easily.

Another basic recipe of French toast is just adding cinnamon and milk to the egg mixture to create fluffy cinnamon custard for the bread. I decided to try a new recipe below that called for lemon zest as well. Yes, lemon zest! I was a little skeptical, but I had a lot of bread, eggs, and milk to work with so I figured I would give it a try. Let me tell you. It was DELICIOUS! 

“Perfect French Toast”

As adapted from Marthastewart.com and Alton Browns French toast from foodnetwork.com
Serves 6
Ingredients

6 large eggs
1 ½ cups of milk or half and half
¼ cup orange juice (or the same amount from a fresh orange)
2 tablespoons pure vanilla extract
1 tablespoon sugar
Zest of 1 lemon, (about 1 tablespoon)
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Pinch of freshly grated nutmeg (or ground nutmeg from the pantry)
Pinch of salt
6 slices bread, such as brioche or French bread, sliced 1-inch thick, preferably day-old
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
Syrup or powdered sugar for serving

Directions
Whisk together eggs, milk, juice, vanilla, sugar, zest, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt in a bowl; set aside.

Place bread in a shallow baking dish large enough to hold bread slices in a single layer. Pour egg mixture over bread; soak 10 minutes. Turn slices over; soak 10 minutes more or until soaked through.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place a wire rack on a baking sheet, and set aside. Melt one tablespoon of butter in a skillet heated to Medium or Medium low.  Fry two slices of bread at a time until golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Transfer to wire rack on the baking sheet. Wipe skillet, and repeat with remaining butter and bread. When all of the browned bread is on the baking wire rack, set the wire rack in the oven to continue cooking the French toast for about 5 minutes. Serve warm with powdered sugar and/or syrup.

Bread soaking in the pan

First/Second side in the frying pan

   Now in the oven. Look how it puffs up!

Finished and now its time to eat

Oh, and I made some bacon to go with it, but it didn't make it to the plate

HUSBAND RATING: 3 OUT OF 5