Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Lemon and Basil Eggs over Focaccia


This is a fun breakfast or brunch recipe, courtesy of Giada DeLaurentiis. I loved this recipe the moment I first saw it on her show and I have made it several times since then. You can customize it to your liking, using whatever bread and herbs you have on hand.

The idea is to hollow out a loaf of bread. This "hollowed out" bread is cut or torn into cubes and used at a later time. An egg mixture is then poured into the cavity of the bread. The "extra" bread then gets cubed up and added back on top of the egg mixture and baked. The end result is a crispy outer coating on the bread and a creamy interior. We enjoyed this with some fresh fruit. You can find the recipe here.

I have received two awards recently. Thank you to both Dorothy of Fuzzykoala's Caketastic Adventures and Chaya at Sweet and Savory Says It All!! I am so happy you thought of me!


A lovely blog award from Dorothy at Fuzzykoala's Caketastic Adventures. Do yourself a favor and head on over to see her creations. They are both creative and delicious!!
And, also a Neno Award from Chaya of Sweet and Savory Says It All. Chaya is cooking and baking up a storm lately, head on over there to see all of her latest creations.

Thanks so much to Dorothy and Chaya for the awards. They mean a lot to me!!

I want to pass both of these awards on to one special blogger, Michelle of Ms. enPlace. I absolutely LOVE her blog!! Michelle posts some great Creole, Cajun, and Southern American dishes from her Louisiana kitchen. Michelle has a wonderful post up right now about her weekend at the Festivals Acadiens et Creoles 2009. Her posts are so witty and fun. Head on over there to check out all the good eats and good music!! I guarantee that you will want to be a follower of her awesome blog!

17 comments:

  1. Congratulations on the awards! How cool!

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  2. Oh Yumm!!

    This is a Giada recipe I haven't tried yet and will now :-) Thanks!

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  3. Congratulations on the Awards. This recipes looks good.

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  4. Congrats on the awards.

    This does sounds like a fun brunch idea and tasty too!!

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  5. I love Giada and her recipes--my dad has a serious crush on her, so maybe I should make this for him! Haha

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  6. Congratulations on your awards! And thank you so much for passing them on! The hollowed out bread idea sounds fun. I think my son would like making this. Although the inner bread would not be used "at a later time." He'd just eat it right there.

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  7. Congratulations on the awards! This looks like an awesome recipe as well. Looks like a great idea for brunch in our house :)

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  8. yum! Sounds like a great brunch treat. I love Giada's recipes.

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  9. Congratulations on your awards! I love Giada's recipes too. This sounds delicious!

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  10. This sounds so delicious! It's a great idea and I love how versatile it is. Congrats on your awards!

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  11. Cool awards - congrats! I would do this recipe for a brunch. Nice post!

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  12. This looks very delectable and fun to change up. Congrats on your well-deserved awards!

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  13. This definitely looks like a winner Giada recipe. You had me at focaccia though. It is my favorite kind of bread!

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  14. I can vouch that this is delicious. I made it once and forgot to take a photo. It was so good. The minute I saw it on her show, I wanted it. Now I'll have to make it again. I had looked for a Challah bread last time, but had to use a ciabatta.

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  15. I would have jumped at this recipe too! Sounds exactly like something we would love. Hope you don't mind if I snatch another recipe from your blog!

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  16. Congrats on your awards! I love eggy and bready (are those words?) stuff for breakfast, so I'd be all over this.

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