Uova Benedict con Zucchini -- Eggs Benedict with Zucchini Pancakes
- Hollandaise Sauce
- 4 egg yolks
- 1lb butter, melted
- 6 tbsp. lemon juice
- Zucchini Pancakes
- 3 cups zucchini, grated
- 1 tsp. kosher salt
- 4 whole eggs, beaten
- 1 cup onion, minced
- 2 tbsp. parsley, chopped
- 1/4 cup Pignoli (pine nuts)
- 1/4 cup whole wheat flour, sifted
- 6 oz. of zucchini flowers (optional)
- 12 ham
- Canadian bacon slices
- 12 poached eggs
- Paprika
- Hollandaise Sauce: Make sure that the melted butter is at room temperature.
- Whisk egg yolks in a bowl over a pan of hot, but not boiling water.
- Slowly add the butter, whisking the mixture constantly.
- Be careful, if the butter is too hot, or hotter than the egg yolks, you will get scrambled eggs!
- The mixture will become pale yellow and thick.
- Remove from the heat and add the lemon juice, whisking it in until all is incorporated.
- Keep warm.
- Zucchini Pancakes: Add the beaten eggs to the grated zucchini and a tsp of kosher salt.
- Mix well.
- (Grate the zucchini using a simple box grater, using the large holes.)
- Add the onion, parsley, pine nuts, and zucchini flowers if so desired.
- Mix well to combine all ingredients.
- Add the whole wheat flour and mix again.
- Heat a small saute pan and melt a tsp of butter into it.
- Pour 4 ounces of the zucchini batterand brown well.
- Turn and brown the other side.
- Pancakes should be nicely brown and crisp at the edges.
- Assembly: Place a zucchini pancake on a plate, top with a slice of the cooked meat and finally top with a poached egg.
- Drizzle a bit of the Hollandaise Sauce on top of the egg/meat/pancake.
- Sprinkle with paprika.
- Serve hot.
hollandaise sauce, egg yolks, butter, lemon juice, zucchini, zucchini, kosher salt, eggs, onion, parsley, nuts, whole wheat flour, zucchini flowers, ham, bacon, eggs, paprika
Taken from www.foodgeeks.com/recipes/21978 (may not work)