Traditional Eggs Benedict

Recipe Courtesy of Cathy Lowe

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Level:
Easy
Yield:
2 servings

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Ingredients

1 teaspoon vinegar
4 eggs
4 thin slices Canadian bacon
2 English muffins

Hollandaise sauce:

3 egg yolks
1 tablespoon hot water
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 stick unsalted butter, melted and hot
Salt and pepper
Paprika
Chopped parsley

Directions

In a large skillet, bring 2 inches of water and the vinegar to a boil. Crack one egg into a glass. Reduce water to a simmer and pour egg into water in one quick motion. Quickly add remaining eggs. Let eggs cook for 4-5 minutes. The white should be firm but the yellow should be runny. Remove eggs with a slotted spoon and drain on a paper towel.

In a non-stick skillet heat the bacon until warm. Toast the English muffins until golden.

For the sauce: Place yolks, water and lemon juice into blender. Blend for 1 minute. With blender running, pour butter through open hole of blender lid. Season with salt and pepper and keep warm.

To assemble eggs benedict: Top each muffin with bacon and a poached egg. Pour warm sauce over and garnish with paprika and chopped parsley.

Alternatives: Vegetarian: Substitute wilted spinach and a grilled tomato for the ham.

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recipe Traditional Eggs Benedict
frank gibsonia, PA 12-07-2008
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Easy Recipe
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This was a very easy recipe. Doesn't take long to make. The Hollandaise sauce could use a bit more "punch".
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Anonymous 07-04-2008
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Rated: 1 stars out of 5

The sauce tasted horrible! It just tasted like plain, melted butter.
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bo monrovia, CA 05-10-2008
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Anyone Can Do This
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is the first time ... Ever making Eggs Benedict Why? In the past, it was made to sound intimidating. Thinking it was... difficult scared me away fom it, until now. After reading your reviews, I jumped in and everyone loved it. It was soooo simple, easy, quick, and really satisfying too. The only thing I did differently was to use a dash of cayenne instead of paprika, next time I'll try both. I kept the sauce in a warm water bath on the stove. It became rich and thick.Read more
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Laura Grass Valley, CA 03-29-2008
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hated it
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

i don't understand this recipe in other recipes you double-boil the egg yolks for the sauce and to thicken it up, this one... you just run it through the blender, the sauce was running tasteless and not creamy the way a sauce should be. Maybe I did something wrong but I will not use this recipe again.Read more
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Anonymous 01-27-2008
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Easy and Delicious!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This was a wonderful Sunday brunch recipe. We sprinkled cayenne on the top and skipped the ither garnishes. Yum!
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Christie San Diego, CA 06-22-2007
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best eggs benedict ever
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This was delicious. My daughter is cooking breakfast for a wedding and asked me to test the recipe. She had salted butter... and used two small, thin, slices of canadian bacon, Paprika and no parsley.. The eggs were medium with no runny whites It was so light and delicious, I decided whenever I want eggs benidict, I'll use your recipeRead more