Dining Recipes

Yum Alert: Eggs Nestled In Toast

Written by Ashley

An egg by any other name is still an egg. This one happens to be nestled.

Toast & eggs. A time-honored American tradition, curing hunger & hangovers for generations. Class up your Sunday morning feast with a little parmesan cheese, and a molded architectural take on the egg sandwich structure.

Nestled Eggs

Serves 4 — recipe via Sweet Paul’s

  1. tablespoons salted butter
  2. 8 slices of wheat bread
  3. 8 medium eggs
  4. 5 tablespoons heavy cream
  5. salt
  6. pepper
  7. 5 tablespoons grated parmesan

Preheat oven to 375F( 200C)

  • Butter a 8-cup muffin tin.
  • Butter the bread and press each slice, buttered side up into the cups.
  • Transfer to oven and bake for 2-3 minutes.
  • Take the tin out and crack one egg into each bread cup.
  • Pour a little cream over each egg.
  • Season with salt and pepper.
  • Bake for another 10-12 minutes or until the egg whites is set.
  • Take each cup out and sprinkle with parmesan.
  • Serve with a nice green salad.

Photo: Colin Cooke

About the author

Ashley

a fun-loving, twenty-something living in Brooklyn. She spends most of her time absorbing all the life, tofu and whiskey that NYC has to offer. Her current obsessions? BDG High-waisted leggings, vintage boot shopping in Williamsburg, Katherine Kwei's sling bag and Melanie Marie's two-finger horn ring.