Eggs Benedict

Eggs Benedict is possibly my favorite breakfast or brunch recipe.

The mix of poached eggs, toasted English muffin and ham is wonderful together.

With the addition of hollandaise sauce, it's all pulled together in one glorious taste sensation.

Eggs benedict may seem like a difficult or gourmet breakfast recipe, but it is really quite simple.

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Just add a few quick ingredients to poached eggs and you are ready to go.

Of course you can get a package of powdered hollandaise sauce mix, and it is tasty, but if you want the real thing, look at our recipe for hollandaise sauce. It is not too difficult or time consuming to make it yourself.

Brown ham slices or Canadian bacon in skillet over medium heat. Split English muffins in half. Toast and butter lightly.

Arrange ham on top of muffins. Top each with a poached egg.

Poach eggs:
To poach eggs, bring a saucepan of water to a boil. Turn the heat to low, gently add the eggs one by one, ensuring the yolks do not break. Let water gently heat the eggs to desired doneness. Gently lift each egg out of the water with a slotted spoon and place on an English muffin half.

Cover it all with hollandaise sauce.

Serve immediately.

Makes 2 breakfast, brunch or luncheon servings.

Making the perfect sauce has never been easier! Le Creuset's cast iron 2-qt. Saucier Pan has a wide, shallow design and curved side edges to make stirring efficient, so that any sauce will cook evenly and at the pace you dictate - a quicker boil for reducing volume or a slow gentle simmer to cook ingredients thoroughly. Le Creuset 2.25-qt. Saucier Pan, Cherry Red

• Canadians call "Canadian bacon" peameal bacon. It is an uncured bacon that has been rolled in corn meal. Slice it into 1/8" slices, fry as bacon and use in place of the ham. It is quite delicious.

This Oster appliance cooks up to 8 hard, medium or soft eggs in a matter of minutes! Steam heat poaches up to 4 eggs. A light and signal alert you when the eggs are ready for serving; the egg cooker shuts itself off automatically. Oster 8-Egg Cooker

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