Columbus Eggs

Ingredients

• 6 hard-boiled eggs
• 1 tablespoonful of butter
• 1 tablespoonful of flour
• 1 cup of cream or milk
• dash of cayenne
• pinch of salt

Method

1. 1

   Remove the shell from 6 hard-boiled eggs.

2. 2

   Take a small slice off the end of each so it will stand upright.

3. 3

   Make a cream sauce with 1 tablespoonful of butter and 1 tablespoonful of flour; mix until smooth; add 1 cup of cream or milk, dash of cayenne and pinch of salt.

4. 4

   Stir until it boils and thickens.

5. 5

   Stand the eggs on rounds of toasted bread.

6. 6

   Pour the sauce around and serve.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from 365 breakfast dishes (1901), page 5. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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