Tips and tricks for cooking with farm fresh eggs!

WORK IN PROGRESS... :-) There is actually a difference when cooking with farm fresh eggs versus the regular store bought ones. --First, farm fresh eggs are fluffier. I haven't cooked much with store eggs, but people I know have said that cakes are taller using fresh eggs. --The yolks are a richer yellow. Now, this in and of itself doesn't really change cooking much, but it's just nice to crack an egg into a bowl and see a nice healthy color instead of a sad pale yellow color. :-) --If you're making a recipe that is very very specific on egg count, perhaps measure your eggs instead of guessing what size they are. Most farm fresh eggs aren't sized and adding too much or too little egg to the recipe could result in not the results you'd like. :-)

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Perfect Egg Bake

So far this is the best egg bake recipe I've ever found and made.  Others take more eggs it takes forever to bake and then it gets burned around the edges while the middle still has raw egg.  This one is just fantastic and delicious!  It takes about half of the eggs I've seen in others, so if you're making this for a crowd, I'd make two pans of it  The other night I made two pans for 7 moderately hungry adults and a 2 year old and all but a small piece was gone.  The best praise for the cook. :-)

3-4 slices of bread or whatever fills the bottom of the pan, torn up
1/2-1 lb pork sausage or whatever other type of meat you like
1/2-1 cup of cheese, depending on how "cheesy" you'd like it
1/2-1 cup of veggies you prefer (onions, peppers, mushrooms, spinach, broccoli, etc)
6 eggs
1 3/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper

Line the torn up bread in the bottom of 9x13 pan.
Brown the sausage or otherwise cook whatever other type of meat you'd like.  Sprinkle the meat over the bread.  Add any additional veggies.  Sprinkle the cheese over the bread and meat and veggies.
In a bowl, whisk the eggs, milk, mustard, salt and pepper.  Pour over contents in pan.  
Bake at 350 for 30-45 minutes or until puffed and golden and the eggs aren't "loose" in the middle.
Enjoy! :-)

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