Shirred Eggs with Asparagus and Goat Cheese

October 18, 2015

This recipe is from The Clean Plates Cookbook ($17; Running Press) by Jared Koch with Jill Silverman Hough.

Shirred Eggs with Asparagus and Goat Cheese

SERVES

PREP TIME

00 min

COOK TIME

00 min

Ingredients

Fine sea salt

11⁄2 cups/165 g 1⁄2-inch/1.25 cm asparagus pieces

Unsalted grass-fed organic butter, for coating ramekins

1⁄2 cup/120 mL grass-fed organic heavy cream

2⁄3 cup/90 g crumbled goat cheese

8 large organic, pasture-raised, or antibiotic-free eggs

Freshly ground black pepper

1 tablespoon chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

11⁄2 teaspoons chopped fresh tarragon

11⁄2 teaspoons chopped or crumbled wakame

Directions

Preheat the oven to 325°F/160°C.

Set a medium saucepan of well-salted water (11⁄2 teaspoons of fine sea salt per quart/950 mL) over high heat and bring to a boil. Cook the asparagus until just tender, 1 to 2 minutes. Drain, rinse with cool water, and drain again. Pat dry with a kitchen towel and set aside.

Coat eight 1⁄2-cup/120 mL ramekins with butter. Arrange the ramekins on a rimmed baking sheet and place 11⁄2 teaspoons of cream in the bottom of each. Top with the asparagus and cheese, dividing them evenly. Gently crack an egg into each ramekin and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Drizzle each ramekin with 11⁄2 teaspoons of cream and bake until the eggs are softly set, 20 to 25 minutes.

Sprinkle with the parsley, tarragon, and wakame and serve.