Baked Eggs for a Crowd
Baked Eggs for a Crowd
From NYT 2024-01.
Ingredients
- 2 tblsp butter, plus more for greasing the pan
- 1 1/2 cups heavy cream or half+half plus more for serving
- 12 to 16 eggs depending on size of crowd
- 1/2 tsp freshly grated nutmeg (optional)
- Flaky sea salt, such as Maldon
- Black pepper
- 1/3 cup chopped mixed herbs, such as mint, parsley, dill, basil and chives
- 16 pieces of toast or 8 English muffins, halved and toasted
Procedure
- Heat oven to 500 degrees. Butter a shallow 11/2-quart shallow baking dish (square or round). Pour cream in the prepared pan and sprinkle the cubed butter over the top. Add any cooked meat or vegetables, if using. Crack the eggs around the pan and season with nutmeg, salt, and pepper.
- Bake until the whites are set and the yolks are still a bit runny, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Remove from the heat, sprinkle with herbs and more flaky salt, and serve immediately,
Notes
Haven't tried this yet. The article shows a large cast iron pan. Because of reduced thermal capacity, I would watch carefully the progress of a smaller sized batch at indicated temp, maybe dial back a bit.
