California Farm Eggs Benedict, microwave

Hobby Horseman
Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman
California, United States

Everything made from scratch for breakfast! Poached eggs in 2 minutes, Hollandaise Sauce in a minute, farm baked english muffins toasted in a minute, put eggs on a slice of Canadian Bacon, pour sauce on top and serve…
It is all in the planning and preparation. Canadian Bacon from fresh pork loin takes two weeks, but once done, fresh in the fridge for a season. Muffins are baked once a month, taste fresh when thawed from frozen, there is nothing better for breakfast. Here are the secrets.

California Farm Eggs Benedict, microwave

Everything made from scratch for breakfast! Poached eggs in 2 minutes, Hollandaise Sauce in a minute, farm baked english muffins toasted in a minute, put eggs on a slice of Canadian Bacon, pour sauce on top and serve…
It is all in the planning and preparation. Canadian Bacon from fresh pork loin takes two weeks, but once done, fresh in the fridge for a season. Muffins are baked once a month, taste fresh when thawed from frozen, there is nothing better for breakfast. Here are the secrets.

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Ingredients

5 minutes
2 people
  1. 4fresh farm eggs for poaching
  2. For the Hollandaise:
  3. 1fresh farm egg, Tbs lemon juice, 2Tbs cream, Tsp mustard,3Tbs melted butter
  4. For the english muffins:
  5. 2 cupsall-purpose flour, tsp salt, 2 tsp baking soda, tsp dry yeast, Tbs sugar, cup lukewarm milk, 2 Tbs molten butter, cornmeal for dusting
  6. For the Canadian bacon:
  7. 6 poundsfresh pork loin, 2 quarts brine
  8. Cost
  9. Home made canadian bacon 40 cents, farm eggs 80 cents, muffin 19 cents, hollandaise 80 cents, $2.19 per breakfast

Cooking Instructions

5 minutes
  1. 1

    Prepare muffins: thaw in microwave, butter the muffin halves, put in toaster till golden, two or three minutes, put one or two slices of canadian bacon on top of muffin, keep on heated plates.

  2. 2

    Hollandaise sauce: melt 3 Tbs butter in glass measuring cup, whip in fresh egg, add 2 Tbs cream, whip till smooth, add Tbs lemon juice, microwave ten seconds, stir, whip, repeat in ten second intervals till sauce is your desired thickness. Set aside, keep warm.

  3. 3

    Poach eggs: put fresh egg in each Nordic Ware egg poacher cup, teaspoon of water on top, pierce yolk with fork, microwave 45 seconds, rest 30 seconds. Put on toasted english muffin on top of canadian bacon.

  4. 4

    For the english muffins: mix yeast, milk and sugar, when foaming, add flour, salt, baking soda and molten butter, mix till firm, spongy doughball. Cover, rest 60 minutes till doubled in size. Roll into 8 balls, put on 1/2 tsp corn meal under each ball on baking sheet in oven, flatten, let rise to double. Turn oven to 400F degrees, then bake 3 minutes, flip, bake three or more minutes till golden. Split and serve, or freeze.

  5. 5

    Canadian bacon: cut 6 pound pork loin in half. Boil 2 quarts water with 10 peppercorns, 3 bay leaves, tsp star anise, tsp coriander, 6 Tbs salt, 3 Tbs brown sugar, 6 tsp nitrate salt. Put pork in crock jar, rock on top, pour cooled brine solution on top. Put in fridge for 2 weeks, turn pork inside jar once a week. Rinse, drop in boiling water, few minutes, dry overnight. Cold smoke 4 hours. Muffin, bacon, egg, sauce, pinch of pepper and pinch of paprika, enjoy!

  6. 6

    Pour as much hollandaise sauce over the eggs as you like, pinch of paprika powder on top. Hint: leftover Hollandaise sauce, heated 20 seconds more in microwave, makes the best scrambled eggs to serve with the eggs benedict. Enjoy

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I teach people at the farmers market to grow small scale fruits and vegetables. My grandparents and parents taught me growing, cooking and preserving home grown fruits and vegetables, eggs, meats and fish. I got certified by the University of California Master Gardener Program in 2005. I try to bring out the original flavor of ingredients, then add layers of spices, herbs and flavorings that enhance, not distort the taste. These are the global, organic and vegan family recipes we use.
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