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Truffled Toast with Radicchio and Egg

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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Olivia Mack Anderson
  • Active Time

    20 min

  • Total Time

    20 min

Rich truffle butter and a heap of radicchio di Treviso put this "toast 'n' eggs" in a class of its own.

Ingredients

4 servings

1 lb. radicchio (preferably di Treviso), cored and coarsely chopped
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon distilled white vinegar
4 large eggs
4 (1/4-inch-thick) slices country-style bread, cut in half crosswise
4 teaspoons truffle butter
5 oz. thinly sliced Italian Fontina
  1. Step 1

    Preheat broiler.

    Step 2

    Cook radicchio with salt and pepper in oil in a deep 10-inch skillet over moderate heat, stirring, until just tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer to a bowl and keep warm, loosely covered. Wipe skillet clean.

    Step 3

    Fill skillet with 1 1/4 inches cold water. Add vinegar and bring to a simmer.

    Step 4

    Break 1 egg into a cup, then slide egg into simmering water. Repeat with remaining 3 eggs, spacing them in skillet, and poach at a bare simmer until whites are firm but yolks are still runny, 2 to 3 minutes.

    Step 5

    Toast bread, then spread one side of each piece with truffle butter and cover with cheese. Broil toast on a baking sheet 4 to 6 inches from heat until cheese is just melted.

    Step 6

    Divide toast among 4 plates, then top with radicchio and poached eggs. Season with salt and pepper.

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  • I'd give this a 3/4 ONLY if you like radicchio or very bitter flavors. My husband gave it a 2/4. The bitterness of the radicchio was quite overwhelming, although it was an appropriate contrast to the richness of the fontina, truffle, and egg. I should note we did not use truffle butter but instead plain butter with black truffle salt since that's what we had.

    • Anonymous

    • 7/11/2021

  • Easy and tasty. I sprinkled a tiny bit truffle salt on the buttered toast and the rest as in the recipe. Nice texture and the truffle is a nice surprise under the cheese.

    • Anonymous

    • California

    • 3/1/2018

  • We ate this as a dinner with a warm spinach salad on the side. Instead of truffled butter, I buttered the toast (Italian bread) and then brushed it with truffle oil, which worked well. The textures are wonderful and the egg makes it taste nice and rich. A pretty quick recipe!

    • erinmd7

    • San Diego

    • 1/26/2009

  • I agree--this is excellent, and my husband and I eat it for dinner or a celebratory lunch. We've used truffle butter and truffle-infused oil-- either works.

    • Anonymous

    • rochester NY

    • 12/27/2007

  • 这是一个美妙的方式开始你的一天。令人惊异的combination of flavors but not too rich. Definitely do not skip the vinegar in the water for the poached eggs...works beautifully and the eggs look spectacular. This would make a wonderful holiday breakfast dish that's elegant but not too time consuming. Would absolutely make again.

    • leslielanz

    • Irvine, CA

    • 11/15/2006

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