Ingredients
Pork Croquette:
- 1 pound pork sausage (recommended: Country sausage)
- Oil, if needed
- 3 baked potatoes
- 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 1 1/4 cups panko bread crumbs
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon freshly chopped parsley leaves
- Vegetable oil, for pan-frying
Hollandaise Sauce:
- *3 egg yolks
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 2 sticks butter, melted
- 1/2 lemon, juiced
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- Pinch salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Dash hot sauce
- 2 tablespoons chopped chives
Eggs:
- 6 large eggs
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
1 (5-ounce) bag baby spinach
In a heavy bottom skillet, brown sausage over medium heat. Add a little oil to the bottom of the pan if it sticks, add a little oil and break it up with the back of a wooden spoon. Cook until all the pink is gone. With a slotted spoon, remove the sausage from the skillet into a bowl.
Remove the inside of the potatoes and place a bowl with the Parmesan. Mash with a potato masher until they are smooth. Add the egg, sour cream, 1/4 cup panko bread crumbs, and season with salt and pepper. Add sausage to the bowl with the potatoes and mix well.
With your hands, divide the pork mixture into 1/4 cup portions and flatten so that each croquette is about 1/2-inch thick.
Add 1 cup panko bread crumbs to a 13 by 9-inch casserole dish and add chopped parsley and stir to combine. Dredge croquettes through the panko mixture and repeat.
Heat a heavy bottomed skillet over medium-high heat. Add enough oil to cover the bottom of the pan. Add the croquettes and saute until golden brown and crisp, about 6 minutes per side.
Hold in a 200 degrees F oven while you prepare the eggs and hollandaise.
For the Hollandaise Sauce:
Add yolks, mustard and heavy cream to a blender. Blend until the egg yolks look light yellow and foamy about 1 minute. Keeping the blender on, slowly stream in the melted butter, making sure it emulsifies fully. Keep blending and add a pinch of salt and pepper, lemon juice, cayenne and hot sauce. Blend again until fully incorporated, then add chives at very end. Keep warm.
For the eggs:
Add oil to a non stick skillet over medium heat until hot. Add eggs and fry in batches until the whites are set and the yolks slightly runny. Season with salt and pepper.
Lay a small handful of baby spinach on the serving dish and top with pork croquette. Top the croquette with the fried egg and ladle over the hollandaise sauce.
Serve immediately.
*RAW EGG WARNING
Food Network Kitchens suggest caution in consuming raw and lightly-cooked eggs
Due to the slight risk of Salmonella or other food-borne illness. To reduce this risk, we recommend you use only fresh, properly-refrigerated, clean, grade A or AA eggs with intact shells, and avoid contact between the yolks or whites and the shell.
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By sjeffz
Arlington, Texas
on May 12, 2013
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Very good alternative to the classic eggs benedict. Two observations to consider is use three SMALL potatoes. I ended up with 12 croquettes using 3 regular sized baking potatoes. Not a big problem because they freeze well but I should have added another egg because they didn't stay together as well as they should have. Also instead of a 1/4 cup amount of potato mixed I used a 1/2 cup. It made the same sized croquettes that are on the video.
By manuelevie_13136477
tacoma, 87
on September 14, 2011
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Love it.. so tasty.
By Pickles/Olive
on September 09, 2011
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I cannot wait to make it for my family, I tried it and loved it. This recipe is great because we have guests that stay for the weekend and I need easy, great breakfast ideas. Thank's Pat and Gina.
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