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For me, it is this. (A little thing I started
doing when we were on the South Beach Diet for
approximately five minutes.)
EASY BAKED EGGS IN HAM CUPS
Preheat oven to 400º F.
Butter the inside of regular-sized muffin tins
(depending how how many eggs you want to cook).
If you can eat butter, please use real butter --
it makes all the difference in the world.
Line the insides (bottom and sides) of the tins
with a layer paper-thin (shaved) GF boiled ham --
the better quality of ham, the better these will
be. (The ham should sort of stick to the butter.
Just tear off pieces and stick them to the sides
of the buttered cup - don't even bother try to
make it pretty - it will be yummy-looking when
you are all done.)
[The only quirky thing is that you really need
thin-thin-thin slices from the deli - the
thickness of ham slices you get in any
prepackaged ham is too thick. You can still make
these, but they are not nearly as good.]
Drop one extra-large egg into the center of each ham cup.
Sprinkle top with a tiny bit of dried chives, an
even tinier bit of dried dill, and black pepper
to taste. I don't usually salt them, because the
ham can be fairly salty. I also sometimes
sprinkle just a pinch of some kind of ground
Hatch chili powder. If you don't like spicy
stuff, a bit of paprika is tasty and pretty, too!
Dot the top of each with a very thin slice of butter.
Bake at 400º for 7 to 12 minutes. It really
depends on your oven and how wiggly or runny you
like your eggs. Just grab a corner of the pan,
and shake a little bit, to see if the whites and
yolks are set the way you like them. The ham
should get just a little crispy around the edges
-- and whites of the eggs will leak a bit into
the cup, but these should get a bit crispy also.
The first time you make them, you need to check
them every minute or so, because they cook
quickly at this high heat.
Let cool for about 3 minutes before removing from the tins. EAT! :-)
[If you happen to have access to farm-fresh eggs,
these are almost heaven! And, of late, I've
discovered that this goes very well with crispy
hash brown potatoes (from frozen), which can cook
up almost during the same amount of time the eggs
are in the oven and then need to cool.]
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