I’ve noticed the recent foodie trend of baking eggs in
avocados, and I wanted to try it out for myself. I like eggs, I like avocados,
and the process is easy enough but possesses a wow factor in presentation.
In most of the recipes I’ve seen for this dish, the writer
suggests serving it with tortillas. However, I wanted to one-up the foodie
hipsters. Who doesn’t like biscuits and gravy? How about CHORIZO gravy? The
flavor of the spicy Mexican sausage pairs beautifully with the richness of the
egg and avocado. But why just stop at plain old ordinary biscuits? Jalapeno
Garlic Biscuits, it is then!
This is a great brunch dish, and it’s much easier to prepare
than you might think. If you have trouble locating chorizo, or if you don’t
want that much heat, you can still prepare this recipe using regular ground
breakfast sausage (though you may want to remove some of the excess fat after
browning).
Jalapeno Garlic Biscuits
2 cups baking mix
2/3 cup milk*
2 jalapenos, seeded and chopped*
2 tsp. garlic powder
*Believe it or not, when making biscuits from baking mix,
you can substitute beer for milk. It’s quite delicious!
*If you like heat, feel free to leave some of the seeds in.
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Combine ingredients and mix
thoroughly. On a parchment-lined baking sheet, drop portions of dough. The
recipe should yield around 10 biscuits. Brush the tops of the uncooked biscuits
with melted butter or olive oil. Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown.
Cool and reserve.
(Hot and fluffy!)
Chorizo Gravy
(This isn’t a gravy in the traditional sense. It’s a milk
gravy, which is the type usually served with biscuits.)
10 oz. ground chorizo
3 tbs. flour
2 cups milk
In a large saucepan, cook chorizo on medium-high heat for
about 5 minutes, or until it becomes looser and easier to stir. Stir in flour
until it is thoroughly incorporated and cook for another 5 minutes. Add milk
and stir. Let the mixture simmer for about 15 minutes or until very thick. Serve
with biscuits.
Eggs Baked in Avocado
Ripe avocados
Lemon juice
Eggs
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Cut avocados in half, and
discard the pit. Leave the skin in tact. Brush them with a little bit of lemon
juice. You will want to scrape a bit out of the center of each avocado half so
that it can accommodate an egg. Crack an egg into each avocado. The egg whites
will spill over out of the avocado, but that’s perfectly fine.
For a slightly runny yolk, bake for 10 minutes. For a more
well-done egg, bake for an additional 5-10 minutes. Remove from oven, cool, and
serve.
(So easy, you can even make it with a hangover!)
Enjoy!
