Deep-Fried Brunch Bombs With An Eggs Benedict Filling
Cooking a deliciously decadent brunch is always a good idea. What could be better than combining the powers of both breakfast and lunch to make one super meal?! Instead of sticking to traditional breakfast foods, brunch lets you explore new culinary horizons and experiment with new dishes, like this amazing deep-fried brunch bomb. We're taking a classic breakfast dish, covering it in homemade dough, and deep frying it, bringing you the ultimate in brunch food. We've opted for an eggs Benedict filling, complete with perfectly poached eggs, ham, and Hollandaise sauce for this recipe, but feel free to stuff these brunch bombs with your favorite breakfast foods! This brunch idea is the bomb... literally!
Yield: 3
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 25 minutes
Inactive Time: 100 minutes
Difficulty Level: Moderate
You'll Need:
For the dough:
- 1 cup flour
- 1 tbsp water, lukewarm
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp butter, softened
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp dry yeast
- ⅓ cup milk
- 1 tsp salt
- cooking oil for frying
For the eggs Benedict filling:
- 9 slices of serrano ham or prosciutto
- 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 3 eggs
- Hollandaise sauce + chopped herbs to serve
Here's How:
1. For the dough, stir together the lukewarm water and dry yeast, then let the mixture rest for 10 minutes. Once the yeast mixture is ready, knead all of the ingredients together by hand until a smooth dough forms. Cover the dough and let it rise in a warm place for 1 hour.
2. Once the dough has risen, divide it into 3 equal segments and roll each one out into a circle. Cover each portion of dough with 3 slices of serrano ham or prosciutto, letting some of the ham fall outside of the dough.
3. For the poached eggs, place 3 mason jar rings in a frying pan, then pour the apple cider vinegar mixed with water over them so that they're fully submerged. Bring the liquid to a boil, then crack 1 egg into each mason jar ring. Cover the frying pan and remove it from the heat. Let the eggs sit in the covered frying pan for about 7 minutes so that they cook in the hot liquid.
4. Remove the poached eggs from the frying pan and place 1 in the center of each piece of dough on top of the slices of serrano ham or prosciutto.
5. Use the excess serrano ham or prosciutto to wrap up the poached eggs.
6. Cover the filling with the dough and roll each portion into a ball. Cover the stuffed balls of dough and let them rest in a warm place for 30 minutes.
7. Heat a pot filled with cooking oil on the stove to 320°F and fry the stuffed balls of dough in hot cooking oil until golden brown. Stir together the Hollandaise sauce and your favorite chopped herbs, then dip your delicious brunch bombs in it.
These deep-fried brunch bombs are the perfect way to serve your favorite breakfast foods in a fun, new way. It looks like brunch just got a lot more interesting!
Get the recipe for the Eggs-traordinary Egg Recipes featured in the bonus video.