eggs Florentine

English

Noun

eggs Florentine sg or pl

  1. A variation of eggs Benedict with spinach, sometimes in place of bacon.
    • 1998 January 14, Barbara Kafka, “A Way to Poach Eggs to Perfection”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 January 2011:
      There are hundreds of recipes based on poached eggs. The recipe here is for eggs Florentine, a classic in which the eggs nestle in a bed of creamed spinach.
    • 2011 June 16, Lila Byock, “Lina Frey”, in The New Yorker‎[2], New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 4 May 2025:
      If your eggs Florentine have chalky yolks, or if your dessert crêpe tastes oddly of oregano, well, so what? This is not destination dining; you’ve got places to be.
    • 2013 September 27, Molly Young, “‘It Was the Biggest Game of Chicken I’ve Ever Seen.’”, in New York‎[3], New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 September 2013:
      For that [a social occasion] he prefers the Brooklyn outpost of Cafe Mogador, where he orders an “Über-breakfast” of pancakes, eggs Florentine, avocado, and bacon.

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