French•comfort
Baked Eggs
Eggs baked in ramekins and topped with fresh herbs and cheese.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 6 min
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
6
- 6 eggs
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
- 6 tsp whole milk or heavy cream
- a pinch coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
- 3 sprigs of chives, finely chopped
- 4 to 5 basil leaves, cut into ribbons, chiffonade
- 2 oz goat cheese, optional, crumbled
Instructions
- 1
Turn on your oven's broiler setting. Butter 6 ramekins with the softened butter.
- 2
Pour a teaspoon of milk into each ramekin. Crack open an egg into each ramekin.
- 3
Sprinkle a pinch of salt and pepper over each egg. Distribute a mix of the chopped herbs among the four ramekins.
- 4
Set the ramekins right under the broiler and heat for about 6 minutes, or until the eggs have set.
- 5
Immediately top the eggs with the crumbled goat cheese, then let the eggs rest on the counter for a couple of minutes before serving.