French cuisine · Breakfast & Eggs

Fried Eggs with Cheese

Fried eggs with soft yolks, covered with grated Comté in the pan and briefly browned under the grill.

Ingredients · for 2 servings

• 4 eggs
• 100 g Comté
• 20 g butter
• 2 tbsp cream
• 1/2 bunch chives
• 2 slices white bread
• Salt, pepper

Instructions

1. Finely grate the Comté, cut the chives into rings and preheat the oven grill to 220 °C.
2. Melt the butter in a 20 cm ovenproof pan over medium heat, until it foams but hasn't yet browned.
3. Crack the eggs one by one into a cup and gently slide them side by side into the pan so the yolks stay intact.
4. Fry the eggs for 2 min, until the whites are just set at the edge, then drizzle the cream between the yolks and season lightly with salt and pepper.
5. Sprinkle the cheese around the whites, leaving the yolks uncovered, and slide the pan under the grill for 2-3 min, until the cheese has melted and turned golden in patches.
6. Toast the white bread, bring the pan straight to the table, sprinkle with chives and scoop up the eggs with the bread while still hot.