Dinner tonight! Eggs Benedict

Eggs for dinner? You bet! Sometimes there’s nothing more comforting than a plate of eggs Benedict -- poached eggs nestled on top of Canadian bacon on a toasted muffin half and doused with rich Hollandaise. Pair it with a nice glass of wine, and it’s a perfect way to end the day. Cheers!

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Eggs Benedict

Total time: 20 minutes

Servings: 6

Note: From “The Gourmet Cookbook, Volume 1”

Hollandaise sauce

4 egg yolks

8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter, cut into three parts

Juice of 1/2 lemon

Salt

Pepper

1. Combine the egg yolks in the top of a double boiler over simmering water. Stir in the cubes of butter, piece by piece, stirring constantly. Remove from heat as the last piece melts.

2. Add the lemon juice. Taste, season. If the sauce curdles, add a chip of ice and stir.

Eggs and assembly

12 strips Canadian bacon

6 English muffins

12 eggs

Hollandaise sauce

1. Grill the bacon, reserve in a warm oven. Split and toast the muffins (allowing for some more cooking while they stand). Reserve in a warm oven. Heat 6 plates in the oven.

2. Fill a broad-faced frying pan half full of water, and bring the water to a simmer. Carefully crack the eggs into the water a few at a time. Poach the eggs (3 minutes for soft runny eggs), trimming away any straggly whites. When the eggs are almost cooked, using a slotted spoon, remove them to warm water and continue poaching until all the eggs are done.

3. Arrange the muffin halves on plates. Cover each with a slice of bacon, then an egg, then a generous spoonful or two of hollandaise sauce. Serve with well-drained, steamed spinach and a good Chardonnay.

Each serving: 550 calories; 30 grams protein; 28 grams carbohydrates; 2 grams fiber; 34 grams fat; 15 grams saturated fat; 634 mg. cholesterol; 1,111 mg. Sodium