Poached Eggs in White Wine Mushroom Sauce
Total time: 25 minutes
Poached eggs with red wine is a traditional dish of Burgundy. This is a variation using white wine and mushrooms. Use 1 or 2 eggs per person.
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups (12oz, 360ml) white wine
- 1/4 cup (2oz, 60gr) Greek yogurt
- 4oz (120gr) mushrooms, any type
- 1 tbs olive oil
- 1 tbs cornstarch dissolved in 2 tbs water
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- 2 - 4 eggs
Instructions:
- The Mushrooms:
- Clean, trim and thickly slice mushrooms.
- Heat oil in a nonstick skillet, add mushrooms and sauté until well browned.
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The Sauce:
- Put white wine into a small saucepan and bring to a boil.
- Boil over medium-high heat, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Wine will reduce slightly.
- Dissolve cornstarch in water and add to wine, stirring until thick and clear.
- Remove from heat, stir in yogurt, mushrooms, cover and keep warm.
- The Eggs:
- Fill a medium skillet with water. The water should be at least 1 1/2 inches deep.
- Heat water over medium-high heat. Add vinegar.
- When water is softly boiling poach eggs: one at a time break egg into a small saucer. Swirl a spoon in the water where you will put the egg - off to one side. When water is swirling drop egg into center. With slotted spoon try to keep the white together.
- Do next egg.
- With regular spoon scoop some hot water over tops of eggs. Poach for 2 - 4 minutes or until white is set but yolk is still very soft. (Or hard, as you like...)
- The Finish:
- Remove eggs with a slotted spoon, drain and put into a soup plate or flattish bowl.
- Spoon sauce around the eggs and serve, salt & pepper on the side.