Œufs Cocotte au Jambon et Gruyère (Baked Eggs with Ham and Gruyère)
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Ingredients
- 8 eggs
- 150 g cooked ham slices
- 100 ml double cream
- 60 g gruyère cheese, grated
- 10 g fresh chives, snipped
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 379 kcal
- Protein
- 26.3 g
- Carbohydrate
- 2 g
- of which sugars
- 1.6 g
- Fat
- 28.9 g
- of which saturates
- 14.2 g
- Fibre
- 0.1 g
- Salt
- 1.49 g
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Method
- 1
Heat the oven to 200C (180C fan, gas 6).
- 2
Divide the chopped ham between four small baking dishes or ramekins and spoon a little double cream into each.
- 3
Crack two eggs into each dish on top.
- 4
Scatter with the gruyère cheese.
- 5
Bake for 10-12 minutes until the whites are just set but the yolks are still soft.
- 6
Scatter with chives and serve straight away.

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