"Mother Hen" Toast: Gallina De Madre

Recipe courtesy Tyler Florence

Show: Tyler's UltimateEpisode: Ultimate Tapas

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (7)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(7)

Cook Time:
10 min
Level:
Intermediate
Yield:
4 servings

Times:

Prep: 15 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 10 min
Total:: 25 min

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Ingredients

8 thick-cut slices country bread
Extra-virgin olive oil
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions

Bechamel, recipe follows

16 slices shaved serrano ham
8 eggs

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Lay bread out on a sheet tray and drizzle with olive oil, season with salt and pepper and toast lightly. Spoon a dollop of bechamel onto each toast. Arrange 2 slices of ham on each slice of toast and nestle it into a nest shape so the egg will rest in the center. Crack egg and drop into nest on each toast. Bake in oven until eggs are just cooked but the yolk is still slightly runny, about 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, if needed.

Bechamel:

1/2 stick unsalted butter
3 heaping tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 cups whole milk
1/8 teaspoon grated whole nutmeg
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Make the bechamel sauce: Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the flour and stir constantly to incorporate - you do not want any color. Gradually pour in the milk as you stir, and whisk out any lumps. As the mixture thickens up continue to stir until it reaches a boil - this ensures that the flour is cooked completely. Using a microplane or a fine grater, grate nutmeg into bechamel and season with salt and pepper. Set aside and keep warm.

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Yield: 2 cups

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recipe "Mother Hen" Toast: Gallina De Madre
mr Fair Oaks, CA 08-11-2009
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A hit
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

8-10-09 My daughter just returned from a month in Spain, I saw Tyler's tapas show today and had to give this a try and see... what my daughter and wife thought. The bread was some crusty garlic loaf from Costco. The Bechamel sauce I didn't have nutmeg so I used some fresh thyme, and since my ham wasn't the Spanish ham, it was deli thin sliced smoked ham, I added a little mustard to the Bechamel sauce. I sliced the bread thick enough to barely fit in the toaster, and removed when there was a crust starting to form. I knew I would have trouble with the egg since my bread slices were not that big, so instead of the whole egg, I seperated about half the egg white out. I tried making a little basket/hole for the egg, but it ran off. To solve the problem of egg run off, I use a tooth pick to fold ham and make a ridge, that held in the egg. I put under the broiler for just a few minutes, the yoke cooked very fast as did the little bit of whites left. The daughter and wife really liked this simple tapas. Next time I will add some frisee salad w/ balsamic vinegar/ olive oil, on the sideRead more
recipe "Mother Hen" Toast: Gallina De Madre
DORALEE fordyce, AR 08-08-2009
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alternative method
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

After reading the reviews here, I thought I'd try another approach to cooking the eggs in the ham "nests". I sprayed a... regular size muffin tin with non-stick spray, then curled the ham around to fit inside each cup, and broke the eggs into that. Cooked them 18 min. in the tin to be prefect; all white part done, but yolk still runny. I cooked the toast as the recipe directed, made sauce as directed. When ham & eggs were done, I assembled as in recipe. Thanks, Tyler, for another outstanding recipe!!!Read more
recipe "Mother Hen" Toast: Gallina De Madre
Brittany st. petersburg, FL 03-05-2009
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Loved it!
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

My brother made it for us as our Christmas Day breakfast. He made it with Challah bread it was great. I do agree that it... definitely takes longer that 15 min in the over at 350 degrees, you just have to it watch more closely after 15 min to still have the runny eggs.Read more
recipe "Mother Hen" Toast: Gallina De Madre
Linda Menlo Park, CA 12-09-2008
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Not easy to get right
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

I liked the look of this when I saw him make it on TV, but when I tried it myself, the egg slid off the base on two of my... 'hens'. Haven't made it since, but if I do, will try and make sure the bread's sliced evenly and the 'nest' is more secure. Read more
recipe "Mother Hen" Toast: Gallina De Madre
thomas ballston spa, NY 06-23-2008
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domestic chief
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I am nuts for clams, can't wait to try this when my brothers are here again.
recipe "Mother Hen" Toast: Gallina De Madre
Callie Everett, WA 06-22-2008
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Didn't Come together for me
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

I made this yesterday- granted I didn't have the bread I used a bagel. Followed the recipe exactly after that- but egg was... not done after 15+ min at 350d, so I broiled it for another 10-bad, bad, bad, egg still not cooked through and now bagel was soft on inside but way too crunch on outside. Looked good, I really wanted it to taste good too...disappointment for sure- 3 stars only for how it looked.Read more