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SHIRRED EGGS
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SHIRRED EGGS

3 ingredients 4 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

231
Calories
7g
Protein
22g
Fat
1g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 3 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • a small piece of butter
  • a tablespoonful of cream
  • two eggs

Directions

1

Set into the oven until quite hot a common white dish large enough to hold the number of eggs to be cooked, allowing plenty of room for each. Melt in it a small piece of butter, and breaking the eggs carefully in a saucer, one at a time, slip them into the hot dish; sprinkle over them a small quantity of pepper and salt and allow them to cook four or five minutes. Adding a tablespoonful of cream for every two eggs, when the eggs are first slipped in, is a great improvement.

2

This is far more delicate than fried eggs.

3

Or prepare the eggs the same and set them in a steamer over boiling water.

4

They are usually served in hotels baked in individual dishes, about two in a dish, and in the same dish they were baked in.

By F. L. Gillette and Hugo Ziemann · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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