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Herbed-Baked Parmesan Eggs

Dairy|Eileen Goltz

This recipe is kosher for passover

  • Ready In: 30 minutes
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 15 minutes
  • Yield: 2 servings
Herbed-Baked Parmesan Eggs

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Ingredients

  • 1 Tablespoon butter
  • 2 Tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1 teaspoon minced fresh thyme
  • 2 eggs
  • Pinch salt
  • Dash freshly-ground white pepper
  • Dash freshly-grated nutmeg
  • 1 Tablespoon dried parsley, chervil, or chives

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 325°F.
  2. Heavily grease small individual casserole dishes or ramekins (flatter is better) with half of the butter.
  3. Sprinkle a Tablespoon of Parmesan cheese in each dish, tilting the dish to coat the buttered sides with the parmesan. Repeat with the thyme.
  4. Break one egg into each dish. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Dot with the remaining butter.
  5. Bake for 12 to 18 minutes, or until the eggs are cooked the way you like them.
  6. Top with the snipped chives or chervil and serve immediately.

Kashrut Instructions

FRESH HERBS:

DESCRIPTION: Fresh Chives, basil, cilantro, dill, mint, oregano, parsley, rosemary, sage, and thyme are often used as spices or garnishing. Please Note: Curly leaf parsley is very difficult to check. It is therefore recommended that only flat leaf parsley be used. INFESTATION: Aphids, thrips and other insects may often be found on the leaves and stems of these herbs. Insects tend to nestle in the crevices between the leaves and branches of herbs. These insects can curl up and stick to the leaf once they come in contact with water. Vegetable spinners, power hoses, and light boxes are not always available in the home. We therefore recommend the following alternate procedure. RECOMMENDATION: In order to determine if a particular bunch of herbs is infested prior to washing, bang it several times over a white cloth. This is most important when checking oregano, rosemary, sage and thyme. If only one or two insects are found proceed with the steps below. If three or more insects are detected in a particular bunch of herbs it should not be used. INSPECTION:
  1. Soak herbs in a solution of cold water and vegetable wash. The proper amount of vegetable wash has been added when some bubbles are observed in the water. (In the absence of vegetable wash, several drops of concentrated unscented liquid detergent may be used. However, for health reasons, care must be taken to thoroughly rinse off the soapy solution.)
  2. Agitate the herbs in the soapy water, in order to loosen the sticking excretion of the bugs.
  3. Using a heavy stream of water, thoroughly wash off the soap and other foreign matter from the herbs.
  4. Check both sides of each leaf under direct light.
  5. If one or two insects are found, rewash the herbs.
  6. If any insects are found after repeating the agitation process twice, the entire bunch must be discarded.
Please note: To prepare herbs such as cilantro, dill, or parsley for use in soups wash them thoroughly and place in a cooking bag.