PrintCook the Book: Oeufs en Meurette
Which came first—the chicken or the egg? Well, since we've already highlighted an adapted version of Simon Hopkinson's Roast Chicken recipe, I guess we've already ended that discussion. To play catch-up, today's featured recipe is for Oeufs en Meurette, essentially "eggs in gravy," as Hopkinson says his mother once described the dish. "[She] thought it disgusting. I love it," he says.
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Oeufs en Meurette
- serves 4 -
Adapted from Roast Chicken and Other Stories by Simon Hopkinson.
Ingredients
1 750-ml bottle Beaujolais
1 cup strong beef stock or canned beef broth
1 thyme sprig
1 bay leaf
1 small onion, peeled and chopped
1 teaspoon soft butter mixed with 1 teaspoon flour (beurre manié), for thickening
Salt and pepper
4 thick bacon slices
2 tablespoons butter
12 pearl onions, peeled
12 button mushrooms
1 garlic clove, peeled
8 bread slices, cut from a baguette and fried in olive oil
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
8 eggs
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
Procedure
1. Reserve a quarter of the bottle of Beaujolais, and put the rest in a saucepan with the beef stock or broth, the thyme, bay leaf, and chopped onion. Cook over high heat, reducing by three-quarters. Strain mixture.
2. Reduce heat to medium, return mixture to pan, and thicken slightly by adding the beurre manie in small pieces. Season and allow to simmer gently. Meanwhile, cut the bacon into small pieces; fry in the butter until golden brown.
3. Remove the bacon; fry the onions and mushrooms in the buttery bacon fat. Season; cook over gentle heat, turning occasionally until cooked through. Keep warm with the bacon.
4. Rub the garlic clove over both sides of the fried bread croûtes and place them on four serving plates. Keep warm. Heat the vinegar and reserved Beaujolais together, and poach the eggs it it. With a slotted spoon, lift out cooked eggs, placing one on each croûte, for two eggs per person. Divide bacon, onions, and mushrooms evenly among the plates, spoon over the red wine sauce, sprinkle with parsley, and serve.
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4 Comments:
That sounds tasty and seriously unhealthy, I think I may have to make it.
ChiefHDB at 5:21PM on 02/25/08
@ChiefHDB: w00t! Go for it!
Adam Kuban at 5:54PM on 02/25/08
make it like we do at the restaurant & substitute a nubbin of foie scrap for the bacon. mmmmmm.
dmarina at 8:26PM on 02/26/08
I had this dish in Paris. It was most often served as an appetizer. I thought it sounded awful. However, after tasting it, I ate it every chance I got. Some versions were, of course, better than others.
sueg
sgiord at 11:42AM on 02/27/08