GRATINÉED ASPARAGUS WITH PARMESAN
Variation with Fried Eggs
Serves 4
To the ingredients in the preceding recipe, add:
2 tablespoons butter
4 eggs
Salt
Black pepper, ground fresh from the mill
1. Prepare Gratinéed Asparagus with Parmesan as directed in the recipe
above.
2. Take the baking dish out of the oven, and divide the asparagus into 4
portions, putting each on a warm dinner plate.
3. Put the butter in a skillet, turn on the heat to medium high, and as
the butter foam begins to subside, break the eggs into the pan and sprinkle
with salt. Do not put any more eggs in at one time than will fit without
overlapping. If the pan cannot accommodate all of them at once, fry them
in two or more batches.
4. Slide a fried egg over each portion of asparagus, then spoon juices from
the baking pan over each egg. Sprinkle with pepper and serve at once.
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