Eggetarian
Oeufs en Croustades à la Béarnaise Recipe
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Ingredients
- 1 lb. finely minced fresh mushrooms
- 3 Tb butter
- 3 Tb minced shallots or green onions
- An enameled skillet
- 1 ½ Tb flour
- cup ¼Madeira or port
- cup ½whipping cream
- tsp ½salt
- Pinch of pepper
- 8 in cooked pastry shells 2 to 2½ inchesdiameter and 1½ inches high
- 8 poached eggs or 6-minute boiled eggs
- 2 cups to 2½sauce béarnaise or sauce choron (béarnaise with tomato)
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Instructions
- A handful at a time, twist the mushrooms into a ball in the corner of a towel to extract their juice. Sauté the mushrooms in hot butter with the shallots or onions for 7 to 8 minutes, until the pieces begin to separate from each other.
- Sprinkle on the flour and stir over moderate heat for 3 minutes.
- Stir in the wine and boil for a minute. Then stir in two thirds of the cream. Add the seasonings. Simmer for 2 to 3 minutes, adding more cream by spoonfuls if the mushroom mixture becomes too thick. Correct seasoning and set aside.
- Just before serving, reheat the mushrooms, pastry shells, and eggs. Put 2 or 3 tablespoons of the mushroom mixture into each shell, lay an egg over it, and coat with the sauce. Serve immediately on a platter or individual serving plates.