Eggs Benedict

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 4 thin slices ham, fried
• 4 slices toast or 4 english muffins
• 4 eggs, poached
• hollandaise sauce
• 1/2 lb butter
• 3 egg yolks
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 -2 drop tabasco sauce (or a few grains cayenne)

Recipe

• 1 arrange slice of fried ham on each piece of buttered muffin or toast. top with a poached egg and spoon quick hollandaise sauce over all.
• 2 quick hollandaise sauce:.
• 3 melt 1/2 pound butter over hot (not boiling) water. add 3 egg yolks, 1/4 cup lemon juice, 1/4 teaspoons salt, 1-2 drops of tabasco all at once, and beat with rotary beater until thick. remove from hot water, pour over eggs and serve immediately. uses double boiler.
• 4 egg-boiling hint: always wet egg shells before placing the eggs in water to boil, to prevent cracking. a cracked egg can still be boiled if you rub the cracked spot with moistened salt before placing the egg into boiling water.