Eggs en cocotte? what is it? .........

[haunted_chef]

I have looked every where for Eggs en cocotte and I still have no clue as to what it is, can anyone help me? I am sure its something simple with a french name.....thank you.

[Hopleaf]

Larousse says it's "Eggs cooked in individual dishes in a bain-marie, in the oven." I'm thinking those individual dishes are ramakins.

[haunted_chef]

thank you so very much......

[Allie D'Augustine]

The English name for this is "shirred eggs" -- try doing a search on that.

Here's the first site that came up on google, with cooking instructions (although they don't mention a bain marie; I think that's an important step):

Shirred Eggs

[jackal10]

Even better with a thread of meat glaze run round the egg after taking it out, and some asparagus tips to dip in the yolk

[Charlene Leonard]

Delia Smith Online

Delia Smith has a pretty good recipe which might be of some use.

eggs encocotte with morels

[Jon Tseng]

A variation is oeur miroir where you put them in a little bowl and blast 'em in the hottest oven til they turn shiny ("mirrored) on top.

Very nice with mushrooms and ketchup, but a bit of a pain cleaning out the crockery afterwards...

J