A few weeks ago I ripped out a page from a cooking magazine that looked like something we would eat. I do this ALL the time and have SO many pages that I don’t really know how to deal with them. Or at least I haven’t actually done anything with all of them other than place them in “like” piles such as seafood, sandwiches, salads, side dishes etc. you get the picture. Not the most efficient if you are looking for something in a hurry but until I find some miracle way of organizing them; it’ll have to do.
I find that when I start looking through these papers, I want to make 4 or 5 different things and then I spend the day or weekend cooking and baking; once you do this someone has to eat it all. I do share my food with whoever is interested and thankfully I have a pretty good reputation of making yummy food so I tend to have a lot of takers.
I had planned to go to the store last night for the week’s groceries and never got there. It’s Sunday and I sometimes make a clean the fridge frittata but I only had 3 eggs left; there were 3 peeps for breakfast. I remembered the shirred egg picture/recipe and thought I could try making something similar with what I had on hand thinking it was meant to be.
I did google what shirr meant so here is a quick wikipedia definition for you. While the 3 of us were eating them I also shared this info with my fam. They both LOVED them and were both coming up with what they would put in theirs.
Shirred eggs are eggs that have been baked in a gratin dish with a flat bottom. Traditionally they have been cooked in a dish called a shirrer, from which the dish gets its name, but the name now applies regardless of the type of dish in which they are baked
Shirred Eggs
Breakfast sausage, crumbled and browned
½ onion, diced
Roasted tomatoes
Asparagus, sliced
Cheddar cheese, shredded
Parmesan cheese, grated
Scallions, sliced
Salt and pepper to taste
In a small saute pan brown the sausage along with the onion, add the tomatoes and asparagus for 1 to 2 minutes. Spray your small dishes with nonstick cooking spray. Fill with sausage mixture, cover with cheddar cheese, crack an egg in each dish. Sprinkle with parmesan and scallions. Salt and pepper then bake at 375’F for 12 minutes or until the whites are set. They look adorable and special plus super easy.