French Baked Eggs (Oeufs en Cocotte)

by Mustafa Mannan October 19, 2022 1 Comment

A delicious creamy recipe that will make you see eggs in a new light!

Ingredients:

5 tbsp of butter
2 tbsp of Trini Pepper Sauce
8 eggs
heavy whipping cream
8 sun dried tomato halves (about half of a jar)
4 oz of goat cheese of choice
Chives for garnish

Cook wear:
4 Ramekins and an Oven safe dish deep enough to place the ramekins in.

Directions:
Begin by boiling 4 cups of water. While it boils, melt 5 tablespoons of butter and infuse it with 2 tbsp of Trini Pepper sauce to make a spicy butter. Let the mixture simmer for 4 mins.

Melted Butter infused with Trini Pepper Sauce

Chop up the sun-dried tomatoes and break up the goat cheese by pinching it apart.

Pre heat the oven to 350. Baste the inside of the ramekins with the melted butter. Place your oven safe ramekins into oven safe dish so that they can be partially submerged in water. Crack two eggs into each ramekin

Add 2 tbsp of heavy whipping cream into each ramekin. Split the goat cheese and sun-dried tomatoes evenly between the four ramekins.

Place the tops on the ramekins. Pour the boiling water into oven safe dish so that the ramekins are halfway submerged.

Carefully place the eggs into the oven and cook for 15 to 20 mins, depending on how well done you want your eggs. While the eggs cook dice some chives finely for garnish.Once the eggs are done remove them from the oven and carefully remove the ramekins from the water.
Before serving remove the lids from the ramekins and drizzle some of the spicy butter on top.