Cheesy Gougère Baked Eggs

Ingredients

• 1/2 recipe Gruyère & Black Pepper Cheesy Gougères ((full recipe makes 12 large gougères))
• butter (for greasing muffin cups)
• 4 ounces shredded Gruyère cheese
• 2 green onions (chopped, white and green parts)
• 6 eggs

Instructions

1. 1

   --- For the Gougères ---

2. 2

   Gruyère & Black Pepper Gougères

3. 3

   --- For the Cheesy Gougère Baked Eggs ---

4. 4

   Preheat oven to 350ºF

5. 5

   Slice the bottom off of each gougère, about 1/8-inch thick. Remove any soft dough from center.

6. 6

   Grease muffin tin cups with butter.

7. 7

   Carefull press one gougère, top side down, into a cup to line it as a muffin liner would. Repeat with remaining gougères.

8. 8

   Sprinkle a large pinch of shredded cheese and a pinch of chopped green onion into the bottom of each gougère and press to flatten. Carefully crack an egg into each cup. Sprinkle remaining cheese evenly over each egg.

9. 9

   Bake 18 to 25 minutes, depending on how runny you like your egg yolk.

10. 10

    Garnish with chopped green onion and serve warm.