Ingredients for Meurette

Directions

  1. Fill a sauce pan half way full with water. Set on high and boil the water.
  2. Reduce wine/beef stock: Add the wine, bay leaf, and beef stock to sauce pan. Boil until the volume reduces in half.
  3. Cook Bacon: Meanwhile in a skillet cook bacon pieces until crisp. Then remove the bacon but leave the bacon grease behind.
  4. Cook Mushrooms: Add 1 TBSP of cooking oil to the bacon skillet. Saute until tender. Season with salt and pepper. Add minced garlic cook for another 2 minutes. Remove from pan and set aside.
  5. Peal pearl onions: Once the water is boiling blanch the pearl onions unpealed. Place the pearl onions into the boiling water for 2 minutes. Drain water and quickly place pearl onions into ice water. Now the pearl onions should be very easy to peal. Peal all of the pearl onions but keep whole.
  6. Glace pearl onions: In a skillet add 1 TBSP of cooking oil to medium heat. Then add the pealed pearl onions. Cook stirring until tender. Sprinkle with brown sugar. Let rest without stirring until the brown sugar caramelizes, ~ 1 minute. Add bacon and mushrooms back into pan and stir. Turn off heat and set aside.
  7. Finish Sauce: In a small bowl mix 3 TBSP of wine/beef stock reduction with 1 TBSP of corn starch. Add cornstarch mixture to wine and beef stock reductions. Simmer stirring constantly until the sauce because thicker. It should take a few minutes. Turn off heat. Add the butter. Let the butter slowly melt. Stir to combine.
  8. Poach Eggs:
    • It is very important to have very fresh eggs!
    • Get 4 small mugs. Crack each egg into it’s own mug.
    • Fill a sauce pan half way full with water. Set on high and boil the water.
    • Once boiling add 1 TBSP of white vinegar. Turn off burner.
    • Start stirring the water until a water-pool effect occurs. Then lower each mug into the whirl-pool.
    • Let sit in the water for 3 minutes.
    • Carefully remove egg and place on a paper towel to dry.
  9. Toast Baguette: Slice baguette and toast both sides in a pan.
  10. Plate: Add 1/4 of the mushroom, bacon, pearl onion mixture to a bowl. Spoon a little sauce over the veggies. Place egg on top of the veggies. Top with a generous spoon of sauce and sprinkle with parsley. Serve with toasted baguette.
Nutrition Facts

Servings 4


Amount Per Serving
Calories 489
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 23g36%
Saturated Fat 10g50%
Cholesterol 234mg78%
Sodium 441mg19%
Potassium 559mg16%
Total Carbohydrate 30g10%
Dietary Fiber 1g4%
Sugars 24g
Protein 20g40%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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