Eggs au Gratin for Lent

Ingredients

• 8 Eggs
• Tablespoon of butter
• 1/2 cup of sweet milk
• Cheese
• Bread crumbs

Directions

1. Boil 4 eggs hard, peel and cut them in slices and lay them in a deep dish in close circular rows
2. Make a sauce of a tablespoonful of butter, the yolks of four eggs, a little grated cheese, and half a cup of sweet milk
3. Stir this over the first until it thickens, pour it over the eggs
4. Strew (scatter or spread) bread crumbs on the top
5. Bake for 10 minutes

Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Riley Robertson
Louisiana Anthology
December 8, 2019