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Duck egg "sur le plat" from Francois

Duck eggs are very good. One of the best way to prepare them "on the dish" is to cook them in the oven. They will be cooked from both sides resulting in a softer white.

Cost: one 75g egg at 39p (£2.34 for 6 on 23/07/2010)

One egg, 10-15g butter, salt and peper, a small dish.

Pre-heat the oven to 220ºC.

Put the butter in a small cooking dish.
Put the dish in the oven and let the butter melt (2-3 minutes).
Spread the butter around the dish.
Break the egg in the dish, salt the white (not the yolk) and place in the oven. 7 minutes and the egg is cooked.
Add pepper on the yolk and serve.

Note: the size of the cooking dish should be such that the white is not spread too thinly and therefore cooked before the yolk is ready. A white ceramic dish with a bottom diameter of 12cm is perfect for one egg.

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