![]() ![]() I made it this morning for breakfast using P-28 bread, and it was NOM! This is one of those breakfast dishes your kids will love, because it’s fun. We called it eggs in the basket or toad in the hole, Paula Deen calls it “One-Eyed Sailor” in honor of her husband Michael, and I’m sure y’all may call it something completely different in your neck of the woods.īasically, it’s a piece of bread with the middle cut out and an egg fried in the center of the bread. To finish our brunch we each had a refreshing small serving of Lisa’s homemade ricotta with fruit and honey.Most every region of the country has their own name for this popular breakfast dish. We also had some home made tomato ketchup that went well with the bread and eggs, but to keep the Italian theme, ,a nice marinara would work really well. I served the Uova nel Cestino with a couple of country sausages and a side of home fries. Fry for another minute or so and remove from pan for plating.Fry for 1 minute or so until you see the bottom of the egg getting whiter, then using a non-stick spatula, flip each slice over, being careful to get both egg and bread together onto the spatula. ![]() Place the slices of bread in the pan and immediately break and egg into each hole.Remove from the pan with a non-stick spatula when the egg is done on the top sidetop and serve.This method toasts the first side and allows you to cook the egg “sunny side” style while the second side toasts. Flip the slices over and break one egg into each hole.Place two slices of bread in the pan and fry one side to start.Heat a large non-stick fry pan to medium low flame and drizzle light olive (or canola) oil in the pan with a pat or two of butter.įor “sunny side up” ( You might want a lower flame for this):.Cut holes in the center of the each slice (you can also fry up the cutouts if you wish).First, brush the bread slices on both sides with olive oil.An Italian spice mix (either a commercial one or a mix of garlic powder, dried basil and dried oregano).One 2-1/2″ round cookie cutter (or use an upturned small jar).Butter and Olive Oil for the fry pan (use a mix of the two for browning).3/4 – 1″ thick slices of a crusty Italian Pane di Casa or Country Round bread (or Challah).A single egg for each bread “nest” you are making.I believe it was truly a peasant food that came to America with immigrants from all sorts of countries, which is why there are so many different names and variations in the method of cooking and ingredients.įor instance, if you watch the Moonstruck video clip carefully, you’ll see that there was also pickled pimentos added to the dish. In the little bit of research I’ve done, it seems that there is some version of these eggs–using the various names–not only in most parts of our country, but also in many European countries. Even the TV show Friends had a character making this dish. ![]() These eggy delights have also appeared in many other films: Mary Jane’s Pa (1935, causing it sometimes to be called Guy Kibbee Eggs) Moon Over Miami, (1941, which named this dish either Betty Grable’s Eggs or Gashouse Eggs) and in the 2005 film V for Vendetta. There are various names for basically the same dish– Eggs in a Basket, Eggs in a Box, Egg in a Frame and so on. The appearance of it in Moonstruck has also made it an Italian-American classic, if not totally of Italian origin.īut the history of this rustic dish seems relatively modern. The simple method of tearing a hole in some slices of Italian bread and frying up some eggs in the holes is classic - a peasant food, but also a very pleasant food. If you watch the video snippet above, you’ll enjoy the scene from Moonstruck where Olivia Dukakasmakes Uova nel Cestino for herself and Cher. ![]()
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