Savory Oatmeal with a Basted Egg
A hearty breakfast dish combining creamy steel-cut oats with melted Emmentaler or Gruyère cheese, topped with a perfectly basted egg and finished with olive oil, salt, and pepper.
1 servings
50 min
Ingredients
- •½ cup steel-cut (not rolled) oats
- •1 piece egg
- •1 tablespoon olive oil
- •2 tablespoons shredded Emmentaler or Gruyère cheese
- •to taste Salt and freshly ground pepper
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
» In a small saucepan, bring 1 1/2 cups of water with a pinch of salt to a boil and stream in the oats. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer until the oats are soft, 30 to 45 minutes. Baste the egg while the oats are cooking.
45 min
- 2.
» Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the olive oil and cheese. Top with the egg and season to taste with salt and pepper. Eat immediately.
5 min
