Country-Style Hard-Boiled Eggs in Flaky Pastry Brunch
From: Fossambault, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Comments: An excellent casserole to serve at brunch... a pleasing to the eye presentation!
Servings: 8
IngredientsPreparation
  • 1/4 cup [60 g] butter
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
  • 2 tablespoons [30 mL] freshly chopped sage
  • 2 tablespoons [30 mL] freshly chopped parsley
  • 1 1/2 pounds [680 g] sausage meat
  • Salt and pepper, to taste
  • 2 teaspoons [10 mL] Dijon mustard
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1 pound [454 g] flaky pastry dough
  • 3 shelled hard-boiled eggs, halved
  • Preheat oven to 400°F [200°C].
  • Melt butter into a small casserole.
  • Stirring every once in a while, soften together chopped onion, crushed garlic and freshly chopped sage and parsley over low heat.
  • Into a large bowl, mix chopped onion mixture into sausage meat.
  • Salt and pepper mixture; then mix in Dijon mustard and almost all of beaten egg [reserving a little to brush dough], until well combined.
  • Roll flaky pastry dough into a 9 x 12-inch [23 x 30-cm] rectangle.
  • Evenly spread half of sausage meat mixture over the middle of dough rectangle.
  • Arrange hard-boiled egg halves over mixture; cover egg halves with remaining sausage meat mixture.
  • Starting at each end, fold dough over sausage meat mixture.
  • Brush dough with reserved beaten egg.
  • Bake into preheated oven for 30 to 40 minutes, until golden brown.
  • Serve hot, or cold.