Eggs Florentine with a Thessaloniki koulouri

The chef of the one-star Michelin restaurant The Zillers, Pavlos Kyriakis, prepares Eggs Florentine with a Thessaloniki koulouri - an ideal proposal for brunch.

Materials

Servings: 6

12 poached eggs
12 small Thessaloniki koulouria
1 tbsp vinegar
50 gr. olive oil
3 spring onions
300 gr. baby spinach
50 gr. dill, chopped
50 gr. myrtle, chopped

For the hollandaise sauce:

350 gr. clarified butter
2 egg yolks
30 gr. lemon juice
20 gr. white wine vinegar
Salt Pepper

Step 1

Hollandaise sauce: To make the clarified butter, melt it in a saucepan. Remove the solid milk residues that will form and keep the rest of the pure butter that will remain.

Step 2

Put the egg yolks in a bain-marie and beat them with a whisk, adding the lemon and vinegar. After the yolk starts to set, slowly add the clarified butter and continue mixing. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Step 3

Heat water in a saucepan and add a little salt and a spoonful of vinegar. When the water starts boiling, crack the eggs in, two at a time, and cook them on low heat for 2-3 minutes. Place them on a plate.

Step 4

Put the koulouria in a preheated oven at 180o C for 2 minutes so that they warm up. Then sauté the spring onion and spinach in a pan with a little olive oil for 1 minute. Season with salt and remove from the pan.

Step 5

Put the koulouria on plates and put the sautéed spinach on them. Place an egg on top of the spinach and finish with hollandaise sauce. Garnish with myrtle and dill.

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