Oeufs Au Beurre Noir Eggs With Black Butter Recipes

Steps:

• Poach the eggs in water to which a little vinegar has been added.
• Remove while still soft and place in a dish in warm oven.
• Boil the wine vinegar until it is 1/2 of its original quantity; pour over eggs.
• Simmer butter a few minutes in the pan; add parsley and salt and cook until both butter and parsley are browned.
• Pour over eggs and serve at once.

Steps:

• Arrange fish pieces in one layer, slightly overlapping, in a skillet or casserole. Add water to cover, the white vinegar, salt, bay leaf, peppercorns and thyme.
• Bring to a boil and let simmer over low heat about 2 minutes or less. Turn off heat and let stand until ready to serve. Do not let stand for more than a very few minutes. Transfer fish pieces to a layer of paper towels. Then transfer drained pieces of fish to a heated serving dish.
• To make sauce, heat a heavy skillet, preferably of black iron, almost to smoking. Add butter; when it melts and starts to darken, add capers. Cook, shaking skillet and stirring, about 1 minute, or until butter starts to blacken. Add red-wine vinegar and parsley, swirling it around, and pour sauce over fish.