So I love eggs!!! They are easy, versatile and they take a really long time to go bad (this is a very important quality for me in food, because I never know when I am actually going to have a chance to cook)
So this post is all about eggs! Three different recipes...
Shirred Eggs with chervil and goat cheese
This I made this morning for my husband who has feeling a bit rundown. I happen to be a strong believer that most ailments can be cured with or at least assuaged with a good meal! So I decided to make him a hearty meal to help bring him a little energy and umph for the rest of the week!
Eggs
Ramekins
Chervil
Butter
Salt
Pepper
Goat Cheese
This is a super easy recipe. This is a good one, that you can start, then hop in the shower, and when you get out you can put on the finishing touches.
You butter a small ramekin by just rubbing a stick of butter in it, don't be stingy with the butter, you don't want your eggs sticking to the ramekin.
Crack a whole egg into the ramekin, and salt and pepper it accordingly.
Put the ramekin in the oven, or a toaster over, set to about 400 on bake. Let them cook for about 7-10 minutes. You may need to play around with your oven setting and time.
After about 7 minutes check on them, if the whites look cooked and the yellow is still soft, you have succeeded. Top them with a little chopped chervil and grated or diced goat cheese, and then broil the whole thing for another minute or two! And voila you have shirred eggs.
They whites taste really baked and fluffy and the yellow is yummy and gooey.
Obviously you can substitute the type of cheese and herb that you use. You can make your own bacon bits and add those on top. Also if you can get a bigger ramekin or other baking type stoneware then you can put more than one egg in each dish.
Here is a picture of the finished product
Eshkene (Persian Egg Drop Soup)
This is a great recipe! It is so easy. If you have turmeric in your house, you probably have all the ingredients you need, and it is really hearty. For those cold winter nights you can eat this for dinner and feel completely satisfied. Its vegetarian, and can be made kosherly as well! So super easy, super hearty, and for me an ultimate comfort food.
Butter
Flour
Turmeric
Salt
Pepper
Eggs
In a saucepan, melt the butter on low heat, then mix in some flour and some turmeric to make a turmeric flavored roux. Now how much butter and how much flour you ask.. in a 4-5 qt sauce pan, I would use about 2 tablespoons butter, 1 heaping tablespoon of flour and one almost full tablespoon of turmeric. Play around with it. Don't let the roux burn. Once you have a nice paste, fill your saucepan 3/4 of the way with water, turn the heat to high so that you get a rolling boil. Add the salt and pepper to taste, while awaiting the mixture to boil. Once you have a rolling boil, take as many eggs as you like (I would not do more than 4 in 4-5 qt sauce pan), and crack them whole right into the boiling water. Let it boil for about 4-5 minutes after the last egg is in. Then turn off the heat and take the pot off the stove.
You can scoop out just an egg and eat just the egg, or you can serve it like a soup. If you served it like soup, after you have eaten all the egg out of the soup, then you can make chilit chilit, which is when you cut up some pita, lavash or other flat bread, soak it in the broth and eat it! It will warm your soul! This is a really good recipe for vegetarians who want a hearty winter dish.
Also I am putting a plug in here for turmeric. It is an amazing spice, makes everything taste better, and also has anti-inflammatory properties according to ayurvedics. In fact turmeric is used to treat all kinds of ailments! It should really be a staple in all kitchens (clearly my Persian roots, intertwined with my husband's Indian ones do cause some bias here)
Here is the finished product: Noosh-e-Joon
Last but not least...
Deviled Eggs
I don't know why we don't eat these more often. I feel like they are super elegant, or eggelant :), and super delicious, and really easy to make. My recipe is the basics, but you can make so many variants of deviled eggs, and top them with all kinds of goodies, fresh herbs, or homemade bacon bits.... play with them! They are great for parties, and look so nice! I recently made them for a baby shower.
Eggs
Mayonnaise
Lemon Juice or White Vinegar
Salt
Pepper
Paprika
Hardboil your eggs, (remember each egg produces two deviled eggs), let them cool and them peel them. If you are having a party, you can always hardboil your eggs the night before.
Cut each egg in half, and scoop out the yolk, and place it in a separate bowl. Then cut a tiny sliver off the bottom of each side of the egg white so it can sit flat on a serving tray. Some people preserve the egg whites for garnish at the end. You will also mess up on some of the eggs, and so you can keep those egg whites for the garnish.
Once you have cut all your eggs up, and laid them flat of a baking sheet, serving tray or whatever surface you like, then focus on making the filling. Whip some mayonnaise into the yolks, go slowly and keep tasting until you get a nice fluffy and creamy texture. Add lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste. I go slow with the mayonnaise because its always easy to add more, but hard to take it away.
Also another littler disclaimer about mayonnaise. Not all mayonnaise is equal. Most mayonnaise that you buy in the grocery store is made with soy bean oil... which I am convinced will at least harm you if not kill you. Soy has a lot of phytoestrogens, people with breast cancer are not supposed to eat it, and they say if you are trying to get pregnant you should not eat much of it either. Some say it is linked to polycystic ovarian disease. Soy beans are also one of the most processed foods in the market. So check the labels, Hains makes a great safflower oil mayonnaise and there are the french companies that make ones out of olive oil. Soy is literally in 90% of everything that comes in a package at the grocery store. I love tofu, I love edamame, and soy milk too but I do limit myself.
Okay back to cooking. Once you have created the filling to your satisfaction, then put it in a ziploc bag, and snip a tiny little corner of the bottom of the ziploc bag, so that you can fill each egg white individually. Here is a demonstration:
Then finish by garnishing with some paprika, and if you like the chopped egg whites. So easy and not to mention delicious!
If you need inspiration for a good deviled egg, go to the Clover Club in Brooklyn and order them there! They garnish theirs so well! If you do go there, you must have the drink the clover club... it is definitely my favorite drink I have ever had!!!
Well I hope you guys try some of these egg recipes! I am planning to learn some more egg recipes... my next endeavour with eggs will be Shakshuka ... but for now I will just go to the Israeli breakfast place and get it there whenever I am in the mood!
Have an eggcelent day!
So this post is all about eggs! Three different recipes...
Shirred Eggs with chervil and goat cheese
This I made this morning for my husband who has feeling a bit rundown. I happen to be a strong believer that most ailments can be cured with or at least assuaged with a good meal! So I decided to make him a hearty meal to help bring him a little energy and umph for the rest of the week!
Eggs
Ramekins
Chervil
Butter
Salt
Pepper
Goat Cheese
This is a super easy recipe. This is a good one, that you can start, then hop in the shower, and when you get out you can put on the finishing touches.
You butter a small ramekin by just rubbing a stick of butter in it, don't be stingy with the butter, you don't want your eggs sticking to the ramekin.
Crack a whole egg into the ramekin, and salt and pepper it accordingly.
Put the ramekin in the oven, or a toaster over, set to about 400 on bake. Let them cook for about 7-10 minutes. You may need to play around with your oven setting and time.
After about 7 minutes check on them, if the whites look cooked and the yellow is still soft, you have succeeded. Top them with a little chopped chervil and grated or diced goat cheese, and then broil the whole thing for another minute or two! And voila you have shirred eggs.
They whites taste really baked and fluffy and the yellow is yummy and gooey.
Obviously you can substitute the type of cheese and herb that you use. You can make your own bacon bits and add those on top. Also if you can get a bigger ramekin or other baking type stoneware then you can put more than one egg in each dish.
Here is a picture of the finished product
Eshkene (Persian Egg Drop Soup)
This is a great recipe! It is so easy. If you have turmeric in your house, you probably have all the ingredients you need, and it is really hearty. For those cold winter nights you can eat this for dinner and feel completely satisfied. Its vegetarian, and can be made kosherly as well! So super easy, super hearty, and for me an ultimate comfort food.
Butter
Flour
Turmeric
Salt
Pepper
Eggs
In a saucepan, melt the butter on low heat, then mix in some flour and some turmeric to make a turmeric flavored roux. Now how much butter and how much flour you ask.. in a 4-5 qt sauce pan, I would use about 2 tablespoons butter, 1 heaping tablespoon of flour and one almost full tablespoon of turmeric. Play around with it. Don't let the roux burn. Once you have a nice paste, fill your saucepan 3/4 of the way with water, turn the heat to high so that you get a rolling boil. Add the salt and pepper to taste, while awaiting the mixture to boil. Once you have a rolling boil, take as many eggs as you like (I would not do more than 4 in 4-5 qt sauce pan), and crack them whole right into the boiling water. Let it boil for about 4-5 minutes after the last egg is in. Then turn off the heat and take the pot off the stove.
You can scoop out just an egg and eat just the egg, or you can serve it like a soup. If you served it like soup, after you have eaten all the egg out of the soup, then you can make chilit chilit, which is when you cut up some pita, lavash or other flat bread, soak it in the broth and eat it! It will warm your soul! This is a really good recipe for vegetarians who want a hearty winter dish.
Also I am putting a plug in here for turmeric. It is an amazing spice, makes everything taste better, and also has anti-inflammatory properties according to ayurvedics. In fact turmeric is used to treat all kinds of ailments! It should really be a staple in all kitchens (clearly my Persian roots, intertwined with my husband's Indian ones do cause some bias here)
Here is the finished product: Noosh-e-Joon
Last but not least...
Deviled Eggs
I don't know why we don't eat these more often. I feel like they are super elegant, or eggelant :), and super delicious, and really easy to make. My recipe is the basics, but you can make so many variants of deviled eggs, and top them with all kinds of goodies, fresh herbs, or homemade bacon bits.... play with them! They are great for parties, and look so nice! I recently made them for a baby shower.
Eggs
Mayonnaise
Lemon Juice or White Vinegar
Salt
Pepper
Paprika
Hardboil your eggs, (remember each egg produces two deviled eggs), let them cool and them peel them. If you are having a party, you can always hardboil your eggs the night before.
Cut each egg in half, and scoop out the yolk, and place it in a separate bowl. Then cut a tiny sliver off the bottom of each side of the egg white so it can sit flat on a serving tray. Some people preserve the egg whites for garnish at the end. You will also mess up on some of the eggs, and so you can keep those egg whites for the garnish.
Once you have cut all your eggs up, and laid them flat of a baking sheet, serving tray or whatever surface you like, then focus on making the filling. Whip some mayonnaise into the yolks, go slowly and keep tasting until you get a nice fluffy and creamy texture. Add lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste. I go slow with the mayonnaise because its always easy to add more, but hard to take it away.
Also another littler disclaimer about mayonnaise. Not all mayonnaise is equal. Most mayonnaise that you buy in the grocery store is made with soy bean oil... which I am convinced will at least harm you if not kill you. Soy has a lot of phytoestrogens, people with breast cancer are not supposed to eat it, and they say if you are trying to get pregnant you should not eat much of it either. Some say it is linked to polycystic ovarian disease. Soy beans are also one of the most processed foods in the market. So check the labels, Hains makes a great safflower oil mayonnaise and there are the french companies that make ones out of olive oil. Soy is literally in 90% of everything that comes in a package at the grocery store. I love tofu, I love edamame, and soy milk too but I do limit myself.
Okay back to cooking. Once you have created the filling to your satisfaction, then put it in a ziploc bag, and snip a tiny little corner of the bottom of the ziploc bag, so that you can fill each egg white individually. Here is a demonstration:
Then finish by garnishing with some paprika, and if you like the chopped egg whites. So easy and not to mention delicious!
If you need inspiration for a good deviled egg, go to the Clover Club in Brooklyn and order them there! They garnish theirs so well! If you do go there, you must have the drink the clover club... it is definitely my favorite drink I have ever had!!!
Well I hope you guys try some of these egg recipes! I am planning to learn some more egg recipes... my next endeavour with eggs will be Shakshuka ... but for now I will just go to the Israeli breakfast place and get it there whenever I am in the mood!
Have an eggcelent day!
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