Eggs Benedict Bread Pudding Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Butter the insides of 2 (10-ounce) ramekins and place on a baking sheet.
• Place bread cubes into a large bowl, set aside.
• Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir bacon in hot oil until browned and almost crisp, 5 to 6 minutes. Remove excess oil from skillet and discard.
• Stir in onion and cook for about 2 minutes. Stir in red pepper and cook for an additional minute.
• Stir in chicken broth and heavy cream; cook until mixture begins to simmer, about 1 to 2 minutes.
• Pour cream mixture over bread cubes and mix thoroughly until all liquid is absorbed.
• Stir in 1 egg, lemon juice, tarragon, and lemon zest.
• Mix in crabmeat, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper.
• Spoon Mixture into prepared ramekins and bake in a preheated oven until tops are golden brown, about 20 minutes.
• Remove ramekins from oven and top each bread pudding with a poached egg. Spoon hollandaise sauce over each egg. Garnish with cayenne pepper.

Steps:

• Make the hollandaise: Melt butter in a small pot over medium heat until it's foamy but not yet beginning to brown, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Place egg yolks and 2 teaspoons water in a blender. Start blending, and, working very slowly, add the hot, melted butter until it's all incorporated. (If it starts to get too thick to blend, add 1/2 teaspoon of water.) Add lemon juice and cayenne, though feel free to adjust the amounts to taste, and season with salt and pepper. Transfer the hollandaise to a small bowl, and place plastic wrap directly on the surface so it doesn't form a skin. Set aside. (It will keep at room temperature while you work.)
• Poach the eggs: Fill a medium pot with 3 inches of water. Add vinegar, season with salt and bring to a simmer. (Look for just a few bubbles; it should never boil.) Using the handle of a spoon or spatula, stir the water with a clockwise motion. Gently crack an egg into the center of the pot, letting the water swirl around it and allowing the white to envelop the yolk. Repeat with remaining eggs - you could probably do up to four at a time. Check the eggs after 4 minutes: Use a slotted spoon to lift an egg out of the water, and feel the white for firmness. If it's not quite done, slide it back in for another minute or so. Let cook until the whites are just set, but the yolks are still completely runny, 4 to 5 minutes. Once eggs are perfectly poached, remove from the water, and let drain on a plate lined with paper towels or a clean kitchen towel. Set eggs aside.
• Using a toaster, toaster oven or regular oven, toast the English muffins until crisp and golden brown. Don't be afraid to toast them thoroughly: They'll be covered in hollandaise and poached eggs, and will need to be sturdy.
• Cook Canadian bacon or ham (or bacon) in a medium skillet over medium-high heat until golden brown and just crisp at the edges, about 6 minutes.
• Assemble the Benedict: Place eight halves of English muffin on a plate and butter them generously. Top each with a slice of Canadian bacon, ham or bacon, then a poached egg. Spoon hollandaise sauce over and sprinkle with chives, dill, flaky sea salt and black pepper.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Break bread into small pieces into an 8 inch square baking pan. Drizzle melted butter or margarine over bread. If desired, sprinkle with raisins.
• In a medium mixing bowl, combine eggs, milk, sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla. Beat until well mixed. Pour over bread, and lightly push down with a fork until bread is covered and soaking up the egg mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until the top springs back when lightly tapped.

Steps:

• Split muffins.
• In a large baking pan dry muffin halves, uncovered, at room temperature 12 hours.
• Alternatively, dry muffin halves in a 250°F oven 1 hour.
• Butter a 13- by 9- by 2-inch baking dish (about 3 quarts).
• In a large saucepan of boiling salted water cook broccoli until crisp-tender, about 3 minutes, and drain in a colander.
• Refresh broccoli under cold running water and drain well.
• Coarsely chop bacon.
• In a heavy skillet cook bacon in oil over moderate heat, stirring, 3 minutes.
• Drain bacon well on paper towels.
• Chop hard-boiled eggs.
• Arrange muffin bottoms, split sides up, in one layer in baking dish and sprinkle evenly with hard-boiled eggs, bacon, broccoli, Jarlsberg, and salt and pepper to taste.
• In a small heavy saucepan bring broth to a boil.
• In a bowl whisk together 2 uncooked eggs and lemon juice.
• Whisk half of broth in a stream into egg mixture and whisk mixture into broth remaining in pan.
• Cook mixture over moderately low heat, stirring, until thickened (do not let boil).
• In bowl whisk together remaining uncooked egg, cream, milk, and salt and pepper to taste and whisk in lemon mixture in a stream until combined well.
• Pour custard slowly and evenly over muffins in baking dish.
• Butter muffin tops and quarter them.
• Arrange muffin pieces on top of custard, buttered sides up.
• Chill pudding, covered, at least 1 hour and up to 12.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Bake pudding in middle of oven until custard is set, about 30 minutes.

Steps:

• Split muffins. In a large baking pan dry muffin halves, uncovered, at room temperature 12 hours. (Alternatively, dry muffin halves in a 250°F oven 1 hour.)
• Butter a 13- by 9- by 2-inch baking dish (about 3 quarts).
• In a large saucepan of boiling salted water cook broccoli until crisp-tender, about 3 minutes, and drain in a colander. Refresh broccoli under cold running water and drain well.
• Coarsely chop bacon. In a heavy skillet cook bacon in oil over moderate heat, stirring, 3 minutes. Drain bacon well on paper towels.
• Chop hard-boiled eggs. Arrange muffin bottoms, split sides up, in one layer in baking dish and sprinkle evenly with hard-boiled eggs, bacon, broccoli, Jarlsberg, and salt and pepper to taste.
• In a small heavy saucepan bring broth to a boil. In a bowl whisk together 2 uncooked eggs and lemon juice. Whisk half of broth in a stream into egg mixture and whisk mixture into broth remaining in pan. Cook mixture over moderately low heat, stirring, until thickened (do not let boil). In bowl whisk together remaining uncooked egg, cream, milk, and salt and pepper to taste and whisk in lemon mixture in a stream until combined well. Pour custard slowly and evenly over muffins in baking dish.
• Butter muffin tops and quarter them. Arrange muffin pieces on top of custard, buttered sides up. Chill pudding, covered, at least 1 hour and up to 12. (If chilling pudding 12 hours, bottom muffin layer will develop a custardlike consistency.)
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Bake pudding in middle of oven until custard is set, about 30 minutes.