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Eggs Benedict
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Eggs Benedict

14 ingredients 30 min + 30 min Serves 6 openrecipes

This is the perfect indulgent breakfast. Home-made hollandaise sauce is much easier to prepare thank you may think and beats any kind of shop-bought variety hands down.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

691
Calories
54g
Protein
44g
Fat
15g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pork 100g cooked 242
Smoked Salmon 100g cooked 208
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Chives 1 tbsp (3g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0

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

  • 6 free-range eggs
  • 2 tbsp white wine vinegar
  • 6 English muffins
  • , for spreading butter
  • 6 slices ham or smoked salmon
  • 1-2 tbsp finely snipped fresh chives
  • 225g/8oz butter
  • 4 tbsp white wine vinegar
  • 1 small shallotshallot
  • 10 black pepper
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 3 free-range egg yolks
  • pinch sea salt
  • pinch caster sugar

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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