Thursday, October 21, 2010

Spam Eggs Benedict

By Karen



Our good friend Steve recently invited us and a couple of friends to spend a weekend at his family's beautiful lake house in Bellingham, Washington (about two hours north of Seattle).  When James and I picked up groceries for the weekend, I grabbed eggs because every proper breakfast should include eggs, spam because our good friend Soo is a big fan of the notorious luncheon meat, and English muffins because I cannot resist those delicious nooks and crannies.  It wasn't until we arrived and were unloading groceries that somebody saw the ingredients and asked "Are we going to be having eggs benedict?"  And so it was that spam eggs benedict was born. 


Spam eggs benedict is just like traditional eggs benedict, but substituting spam for candian bacon.  This modificaition really added a nice and interesting flavor to this breakfast classic.  Say what you will about spam and the rumors surrounding the mysterious luncheon meat, but it tastes great in eggs benedict!


Spam Eggs Benedict


Ingredients:
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter - melted
  • Juice of 1 small lemon
  • 8 eggs
  • 8 slices of spam
  • 4 english muffins - split
  • Salt and cyenne pepper to taste
Instructions:
  1. Make hollandaise:
    • Whisk lemon juice and egg yolks together vigorously in a stainless steel bowl
    • Place bowl over a pot of barely simmering water and slowly drizzle in melted butter while continuing to whisk rapidly (taking care not to "scramble" the eggs), and continue until thickened
    • Season with salt and cayenne pepper, remove from heat, and store in a warm spot
  2. Toast english muffins
  3. In a non-stick pan over medium-high heat, brown spam evenly on both sides
  4. Bring water to a simmer in a pot and poach eggs
  5. Stack english muffins with spam, poached egg, and top with hollandaise

3 comments:

  1. i feel like i'm starting to be defined by the foods that i love... hahahaha, i don't know how i feel about that. :)

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