Brunch enthusiasts know they can always rely on Eggs Benedict -- together with a jog of coffee -- to get them over that weekend morning hump.
Want to make your own? Try this recipe for Eggs Benedict with Red Chile Hollandaise and Hass Avocado Country Ham.
Need a little change? You can spice up your brunch order without abandoning your go-to. It turns out that there are many different versions of the brunch staple. According to the ever-trusty Wikipedia, variations include:
- Eggs Blackstone substitutes streaky bacon for the ham and adds a tomato slice.
- Eggs Florentine substitutes spinach for the ham.
- Eggs Montreal substitutes salmon for the ham.
- Eggs Neptune or Crab Benedict substitutes crab meat for the ham.
- Spam Benedict substitutes spam for the ham.
- Eggs Hussarde substitutes Holland rusks for the English muffin and adds Marchand de Vin sauce.
- Eggs Sardou substitutes artichoke bottoms and crossed anchovy fillets for the English muffin and ham, then tops the hollandaise sauce with chopped ham and a truffle slice. A more widespread version of the dish starts with a base of creamed spinach, substitutes artichoke bottoms for the English muffin, and drops the ham.
- Artichoke Benedict replaces the English muffin with a hollowed artichoke.
- Country Benedict, sometimes known as Eggs Beauregard, replaces the English muffin, ham and hollandaise sauce with a American biscuit, sausage patties, and country gravy. The poached eggs are replaced with eggs fried to choice.
- Irish Benedict replaces the ham with corned beef.
- Eggs Pope Benedict replaces the ham with Bratwurst and the muffin with Pumpernickel bread and was created for the coronation of Pope Benedict XVI.
- Eggs Frederick replaces the hollandaise sauce with tomato ketchup.