Egg Bites for a Festive Christmas Brunch
Egg Bites for a Festive Christmas Brunch. It is a time for gatherings and entertaining, sharing the holiday spirit enjoying delicious food, and the company of your guests. These vegetarian egg bites are a great addition to a brunch menu, not only for the season, but for the whole year.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 17 minutes
- Total Time: 37 minutes
- Yield: 12 egg bites 1x
- Category: breakfast, brunch
- Method: Stovetop/Oven
- Cuisine: Mediterranean fusion
Ingredients
Scale
- 8 eggs
- 1 medium zucchini, fine diced
- 1 each small red, yellow and orange pepper, fine diced
- 2 green onion, chopped
- 1/4 white onion, chopped
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons e.v.o. oil
- salt & pepper to taste
- 1 teaspoon herbs de Provence
- 1/3 cup half & half cream (18% cream)
- 1 3/4 cups Aged Asiago cheese, shredded
Instructions
- Drizzle e.v.o. oil into a medium saute' pan. Toss in diced and chopped vegetables and saute' for a couple minutes.
- Sprinkle in herbs de Provence and season with salt and pepper.
- Turn heat down and let saute' for another 3 minutes.
- Take off heat and let cool.
- In a large bowl, beat the eggs, add the cream and 1 cup of the shredded Asiago. Season with salt and pepper.
- Grease well a 12 muffin baking tin.
- Scoop a tablespoon of the vegetable mixture into each muffin tin, then pour the egg mixture until the tins are 3/4 full.
- Spoon the rest of the vegetable mixture into each tin and sprinkle with the remaining shredded Asiago.
- Carefully place in the middle rack of a preheated 370F convection oven and bake for about 17 minutes, however check them at 15 minutes with a cake tester or skewer and if it comes out clean they're done.
- Take out of oven, let cool a bit, then use a knife to separate the sides of each egg bite from the tin. Remove them from the tin and place on a serving platter.
Notes
They keep in the refrigerator for a couple of days. Reheat them in the oven for best results.
You can change vegetables and type of good melting cheese. Also, you can add diced ham or cooked bacon.
