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Egg in the basket

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For the sausage dish, see Toad in the hole.
Egg in the basket
Egg in the basket with tomato, fresh mozzarella, and pesto
Main ingredientsBread, eggs

Egg in the basket, which is also known by many other names, is an egg fried in a hole in a slice of bread.

Description

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The dish consists of a slice of bread with an egg in the middle, fried with butter or oil.[1][2][3] It is commonly prepared by cutting a circular or square hole in the center of a piece of bread, which may be buttered. The bread is fried in a pan with butter, margarine, cooking oil, or other fat. At some point, an egg is cracked into the hole in the bread. When the egg is added to the bread determines how well-done the egg and bread will be relative to each other in the final product. The pan may be covered or the bread flipped while on the heat to obtain even cooking. A waffle or bagel (with a large enough hole) can also be substituted for the slice of bread.[4][5]

Scrambled egg in the basket served with its "hat" or "lid"

Names and origins

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A recipe for "egg with a hat" appeared in Fannie Farmer's Boston Cooking School Cookbook in the 1890s.[6] Italian immigrants to the US cooked a similar dish called uova fritte nel pane.[7]

There are many names for the dish; some discussions include as many as a dozen, and one writer reported finding "close to one hundred".[6][8][7][9][10] The name toad in the hole is sometimes used for this dish, though that name more commonly refers to sausages cooked in Yorkshire pudding batter.[8]

Author Roald Dahl wrote numerous times of his fondness for the dish, which he referred to as hot-house eggs.[11][12][13]

See also

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Look up put all one's eggs in one basket in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

References

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  1. ^ Books, Madison (November 2007). 1,001 Foods to Die For. Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-0-7407-7043-2.
  2. ^ Schrank, Rita (1998). Science, Math and Nutrition for Toddlers: Setting the Stage for Serendipity. Humanics Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-89334-280-7.
  3. ^ Morgan, Jodie (2004). The Working Parents Cookbook: More Than 200 Recipes for Great Family Meals. Chronicle Books. ISBN 978-0-8118-3685-2.
  4. ^ AEB.org page: "Fried Egg in Toast recipe Archived 2009-04-11 at the Wayback Machine."
  5. ^ AuntiBagel.com: "The Elephant Egg Bagel Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine."
  6. ^ a b "The Ambiguous History of 'Egg in a Hole'". 19 February 2016.
  7. ^ a b Serious Eats (22 June 2009). "Egg in Toast: What Do You Call It?".
  8. ^ a b "A Way with Words - Names for an Egg in Toast Dish". 17 November 2012.
  9. ^ Fredrich, Lori (2024-12-31). "Egg in a hole: This polyonymous dish might be the best breakfast ever". OnMilwaukee. Retrieved 2025-03-21.
  10. ^ Honaker, Carrie (2 August 2024). "Egg In A Hole". Southern Living. Retrieved 2025-03-21.
  11. ^ Dahl, Roald. D Is for Dahl.
  12. ^ Dahl, Roald. Roald Dahl's Even More Revolting Recipes.
  13. ^ Dahl, Felicity; Dahl, Roald (November 1, 1991). Memories with Food at Gipsy House.
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