Eggs meurette

4 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
4 Eggs
½ litre Red wine; (preferably
; Burgundy).
2 Onions
2 Shallots
1 Garlic clove.
1 Sprig thyme.
1 Bay leaf.
50 grams Butter.
1 Heaped tablespoon flour.
Salt; pepper.

Directions

1 Peel the garlic, onions and shallots. Chop them finely and cook in a pan with the wine, thyme, bayleaf, salt and pepper, for 10 minutes. Strain the wine, then return it to the heat.

2 Break the eggs one by one into the hot wine, keeping the white and the yolk together with a spoon, as the white has a tendency to spread. Cook for 2 minutes, then slide the eggs onto a hot dish.

3 Melt the butter in another saucepan. Sprinkle in the flour, stir, then add the wine. Cook until the sauce has thickened, then pour over the eggs.

Serve immediately.

Campanile tip:

Serve the eggs with a half-slice of toast.

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