Egg Florentine
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Egg Florentine: poached eggs on toasted bread spread with creamed spinach cooked with garlic, cream and pepper. Serves 2, 45 minutes, step-by-step video.
Ingredients
13 itemsBlack Pepper Powder½ tsp
Fresh Cream4 tbsp
WaterAs Needed
Salt1 pinch
Vinegar2 tsp
Eggs4
Bread4
Salt1 tbsp
Palak (Spinach), Shredded500 grams
Water, HotAs Needed
Sunflower Oil1 tbsp
Garlic, Finely Chopped5 cloves
Salt½ tsp
Contains: milk, egg, wheat, soya.
Nutrition
One serving, and the whole batch of 2. Worked out from the ingredients, so treat it as a close guide.
| Nutrient | Per serving | All 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 516kcal | 1032kcal |
| Protein | 24g | 48g |
| Carbohydrate | 40g | 80g |
| Fat | 30g | 60g |
| Fibre | 7.7g | 15g |
| Sugar | 4.9g | 9.8g |
Cookd masalas for eggs
Method
- 1
Heat water in a pan, add a little salt to it and let it boil.
SaltWater
- 2
Add the shredded spinach to it, blanch it for a few seconds, strain it immediately.
Palak (Spinach)
- 3
Heat up another pan, add butter/oil and saute chopped garlic in it till it turns to a light brown color.
Sunflower OilGarlic
- 4
Add the blanched spinach and mix it well
Black Pepper PowderSalt
- 5
Finally add cream, salt, and pepper. Mix it well and set it aside.
Fresh Cream
- 6
To poach the eggs, Heat water in a saucepan, add salt and 2 tsp vinegar, and let the water come to a rolling boil. Reduce the flame at this point.
WaterSaltVinegar
- 7
Using a spoon or a whisk create a swirl in the water by stirring it well
- 8
Break an egg into a bowl and drop it right in the middle of the swirl and let the swirl slow down
Eggs
- 9
Let the egg cook for 4 minutes on a medium to low flame
- 10
Use a perforated spoon to take out the egg and place it on a plate. Repeat the same process for the remaining eggs.
- 11
Toast the bread/ bun to a golden brown color on both sides and place it on a plate
Bread
- 12
Evenly spread the creamed spinach on each slice of bread
- 13
Finally, gently place the poached eggs on top of the creamed spinach
- 14
Sprinkle some crushed pepper and chopped parsley on top
Before you start
- How long does Egg Florentine take?
- 45 minutes from start to finish. That is 20 minutes of preparation and 25 minutes of cooking.
- How many people does Egg Florentine serve?
- 2. The ingredient quantities on this page rescale if you are cooking for a different number.
- Is Egg Florentine vegetarian?
- It is eggetarian: no meat or fish, but it does contain egg.
- Is Egg Florentine spicy?
- No, it is not spicy.
- What do I need to make Egg Florentine?
- 4 Eggs, 500 grams Palak (Spinach), 4 Bread, 4 tbsp Fresh Cream, 1 tbsp Sunflower Oil, ½ tsp Black Pepper Powder, and a few more listed on this page.
- Do I need a pressure cooker for Egg Florentine?
- No, it is cooked in an open pot.
- How many calories are in Egg Florentine?
- About 516 a serving. The full nutrition table is on this page, per serving and for the whole batch.
Tips from other cooks
2 notes- S
Swathy VenkatesanSeptember 2024
Good one !
- C
A Cookd cookOctober 2023
simply superb 🥰
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