Chapter XII · Eggs · No. 397
397—Eggs with Brown Butter
There are two methods: (1) Cook the eggs in a dish as usual, and then cover them with one-quarter oz. of brown butter and a few drops of vinegar, which should be added after the butter.
(2) Put one-half oz. of butter into a small omelet-pan, and cook it until it is almost black. Break the eggs into it, season, cook, tilt them gently on to a dish, and besprinkle with a few drops of vinegar, with which the omelet-pan has been rinsed.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 397, p. 165. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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