How To Easily Make Poached Eggs In Red Wine Sauce In Only Ten Steps

Poached eggs in red wine sauce (for four servings) :

Preparation : 15 minutes

Cooking : 45 minutes

Ingredients

    • 6 eggs
    • 100g smoked bacon
    • 100g button mushrooms
    • 1 onion
    • 1 garlic clove
    • 1 tablespoon flour
    • 1 tablespoon vinegar
    • 50cl red wine
    • 1 bouquet garni (a bundle of aromatic herbs including at least thyme, bay leaf and parsley)
    • 1 sugar piece
    • Butter
    • Salt
    • Pepper
    • White bread / baguette

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Steps

    • Dice the smoked bacon. Chop the onion, the button mushrooms and the garlic clove finely.
    • In a pan, melt a butter knob and brown the button mushrooms.
    • In another pan, brown the smoked bacon and the onion.
    • Sprinkle the bacon and onion with the flour and stir gently.
    • Add the red wine, the bouquet garni, the mushrooms from ther other pan, the chopped garlic and the sugar piece. Salt and pepper.
    • Cook over low heat for 45 minutes to boil down. The sauce must become creamy.
    • To make your croutons : cut your bread into tiny pieces and brown them in a pan with butter or oil.
    • Before serving, bring water to a boil, add a tablespoon vinegar.
    • Crack your eggs in boiling water to poach them. It should take about 3 to 5 minutes maximum.
    • To plate up : spread croutons in a plate, the poached eggs over and pour the sauce, done !

 

Personal tips

A dry red wine is highly recommended with your poached eggs in red wine sauce !

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