This is how you make eggs chimay | broiled eggs with mushroom sauce and cheese

Join my online French cooking classes 👨‍🍳: learn.thefrenc... Learn how to make the classic oeufs chimay, delicious stuffed eggs filled with a duxelle of mushroom covered in mornay sauce and broiled in the oven. The perfect vegetarian starter!
This is a vegetarian snack that will both impress your friends and teach you some useful basic french culinary techniques such as 'how to make' a duxelle of mushrooms and the very versatile mornay sauce.
Cooking notes:
The mushrooms need to be trimmed and chopped finely (a few seconds in a food processor will do the trick)
The shallots needs to be also chopped finely
When broiling the eggs put them on the second oven shelf at a temperature of 220 degrees Celsius (428 Fahrenheit) minimum. Leave them in the oven until the cheese on top melts and is a nicely browned. Don't wait. These are ready to serve straight away.
Main ingredients :
4 to 5 eggs (depending on size)
20 grams of grated cheese to sprinkle over the eggs before broiling them.
Duxelle of mushroom:
200 grams of finely chopped button mushrooms (trim off the stems and reserve them to flavor the milk for the sauce)
1 medium size shallot (around 40 grams)
1 tablespoon of finely chopped parsley
1 tablespoon of unsalted butter
Mornay sauce:
30 grams of all purpose flour
30 grams of unsalted European style butter
500 ml of full cream milk (whole milk)
1 eggs yolk
30 grams of grated cheese (emmentaler, conte or cheddar cheese is fine)
A pinch of rock salt
A pinch of white pepper
A quarter teaspoon of grated nutmeg
Use the trimmings left from the mushrooms and shallots.
1 bay leaf (optional)
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I am not a veggie, but that is true french excellence of a starter... well done, thumbs up!

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I'm vegetarian (not vegan) and I thank you for this beautiful recipe. I will try this tomorrow! I love your techniques. Please do more vegetarian recipes!

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I'm a vegetarian and I love to use recipes that use good classic techniques like this one. I would consider this particular recipe quite easy. Thank you for sharing!

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I can believe that this was made for a queen. The creator must've imagined this out of sheer respect & admiration, to have come up with anything so unique, just to please & delight her. The word I want to use to describe this recipe is nothing short of precious, due to learning the history of it Thank you so much, for making this for us, so that we too can enjoy such a delicacy, which easily could've been lost to the fickle winds of time. It was also a pleasure to watch you make this - step by step, as I tried to imagine where this was all going, though you did show us the finished product earlier, somehow I enjoyed the minutia & got swept up. Also, it struck me that - while each element used is commonplace, & I've handled all of these ingredients hundreds of times, not once did I ever imagine making this delightful little treasure. I also learned how to make a true Mornay Sauce, which I hope to make soon. I too make a Bechamel, as my French extraction mom had taught me - with bay leaves, & a pinch of nutmeg, at times adding a pinch of dried mustard, & white pepper. These days though, I prefer the taste & health benefits of using a Himalayan pink or Celtic gray Sea salt. And how many times have I added a cheese to a white sauce, yet have never made it the way you prepared it, which made it a Mornay sauce, by introducing the minced onions, steeped in whole milk first, & adding it to the Bechamel later. That was a new concept for me, which makes such a difference, & I surely never would've considered adding the chopped egg yolk to the chopped mushroom, shallots, & fresh flat leaved parsley! So thanks again for your cooking lessons here on KZbin! I've just discovered your channel, in the past few days, & have already found many dishes I'd like to try! Happy New Year!

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I made this for my son who's doing some work in my backyard. It reminded him of why he was happy to have his Mom move next door! They work, I feed - gourmet all the way. He loved it and his wife is vegetarian, she chose to eat at home that morning and regretted it!

[@Mythographology]

I have just served up to my wife the crepes in which I learnt the duxelle. So loved that. I have six balls of duxelle in the freezer already and have started growing mushrooms, Oysters and Chicken of the Woods, because I know how I can store my produce now. This recipe is just more inspiration. Thank you for your work of which I am an ardent fan. Once COVID is over I am coming to France for a workshop!

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Eggs are an animal.

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look delicious..usually I made egg with chilli sauce..I will try this..thanks for sharing. .

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One egg per person? Make it three. Great appetizer.

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[@subliminalphish]

i love an egg with a white sauce on it! we use to have a breakfast that was boiled egg and a white sauce cooked together and put over toast. it was my favorite way to eat them as a child. so to me that looks devine. a must try! do believe egg benedict will still be my no.1.

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Oh lord, that looks glorious! Can’t wait to make these!

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I love it. I've never heard of this before. It looks delicious and you explained it so well, I think I could try to make it.

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Simply delicious 😋

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Morelle mushrooms would be amazing in that recipe

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That sounds sooo delish! I will for sure be making this soon. Thank you for sharing. :)

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I would make this as an appetizer & will at my next dinner get-together. Looks delicious.

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[@leoashrae4199]

Excellent recipe! I used Comté and just a pinch of fresh tarragon in the béchamel sauce. A delicious breakfast dish.

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Très jolie cuisine. Merci pour cette recette.

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Clearly, not a native speaker.

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Very nice. In order to prepare such a food, I need to stop working!

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As a vegetarian myself who cooks for a carnivorous wife on the regular, this is a fantastic main actually - here me out. My veggie diet contains cheese but not milk or butter (usually), so this presents as a heavy dish for my palette. But it would work perfectly as a main with a side of healthy vegetables (a kale salad perhaps if this was lunch, or carrots and beets if dinner ). Anyway just thinking out loud. Nice recipe and thanks for sharing, I’m going to give this one a try!

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Another brilliant and mouthwatering dish! But I would eat two for breakfast.

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Thanks for the vegetarian recipe.

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A true Classic, THX. À faire et refaire. Ideal starters for a bunch of dyed-in-the-wool carnivores expected for a beer-butt chicken BBQ do ...

[@gigip.5709]

It looks amazing!

[@rcole9365]

I tried this a while ago and it was delicious. The flavor is mild, at first the mornay tasted very light but when you bite into the mushroom..boom..i was expecting it to be bland.. and i think this recipe can be greatly improved and made more savory with additional spices like garlic, etc.

[@ludvigafklercker7722]

Fun recipe. Haven't tried making it yet but will soon! Am not a vegetarian - I eat everything, and I agree with some other comments: more egg videos and more vegetarian dishes please. I don't care so much whether they are entertainment dishes or simpler dishes. Thanks for your clear and entertaining videos! :)

[@nulref575]

I just made this tonight. It was awesome and not as difficult as it first seemed. I didn't have nutmeg so I used a very small sprinkle of some truffle zest someone got me for Christmas. It was really delicious. Give this a try people.

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Eggs with truffle. An Edwardian breakfast dish, absolutely gorgeous. Kedgeree anyone?

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Great recipe, can you please let me know where you got that tiny grater that you used for the nutmeg? Thanks!

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Wow! Amazing

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This is breakfast! Miam miam!

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At least 3 so yummy

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[@danielproulx7288]

Steffan you sir are my kind of vegetarian!! The only vegetables in the dish are shallots and mushrooms two of my favorites and the rest of the dish is animal products! Hahaha I absolutely love you and your channel!!! Keep up the exceptional work! I have made several of your recipes and they all have turned out. Thank you!

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Bravo!

[@plumoplum]

The actual Princess of Chimay is still living in the castle of Chimay, I wonder if she is still serving that dish ??? Maybe yes. She is a great Lady!

[@edwardnygma4531]

Love eggs, love mushrooms. Win win

[@ChocolateTony]

Looks very delicious Stefan .. gonna try :)

[@RedondoBeach2]

The stuffing can be more flavorful if bacon is fried in a pan, cooled on a rack, minced in a food processor and mixed in equal parts with the egg yolk and mushroom.

[@bellabrooks5289]

I’m making the filling out of zucchini and yellow squash with the onions

[@chuckhandcock8867]

I’m going to try it with a double egg! The stuffed one and a poached one. With that beautiful Mornay you need a runny yolk🍳 I’ll let you know 🤔

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yes let me know how it goes 🙂👨🏻‍🍳

[@LeRoi715]

Steffan since when you are working in the new kitchen? this egg is Deliciously yummy thanks! Cheers from Toronto!

[@thhseeking]

Damn, I thought it was called "Oeufs Chimay" because there was Chimay in it :P Chimay Bleu? :P

[@alanvonau278]

Bonjour Stéphane, j'aime beaucoup cette recette et j'ai envie de la faire ce soir. Malheureusement, je n’ai pas de champignons à la maison. Donc, je vais utiliser du jambon cuit à la place. Tu me rappelles souvent la raison pour laquelle j'adore la cuisine française: tout est précis et raffiné, même les hors-d'œuvre. À bientôt!

[@FrenchCookingAcademy]

merci beaucoup

[@Mactino8]

Great vegetarian starter recipe can't wait to try, I'm not vegetarian but I love eggs. Does the French do any Vegan recipes? ...just curious.

[@aidanclarke6106]

Inadvertently maybe but we usually put butter, cream or cheese in everything 😋

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Try Stephane's Ratatouille...

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That is good idea😍

[@toddwhitbread6523]

Should try with a dash of cognac in the mushroom

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Friggin amazing???? What about adding shrimp???

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I´m loving your veggies videos. Please do an aligot recipe! Thanks :)

[@soulfoodqueennet]

GREAT

[@rickr4020]

Do you have any links to those egg spoons?

[@evanhadkins5532]

Thanks Stephane. A great vego' dish. A question about boiling eggs. We keep ours in the fridge - lack of bench space. So need to start them in cold water or they just crack when put into boiling. Any timing or other suggestions for cooking eggs from the fridge?

[@aidanclarke6106]

Put them in a pan, cover then with water 1-2 cm above the eggs, bring to a gentle boil and cook for 10 min. As soon as they are cooked, put them in cold water.

[@evanhadkins5532]

@@aidanclarke6106 Many thanks.

[@thepotterer3726]

Like the look of that, how would I go about infusing the milk with garlic?

[@ChezJohn]

Lightly crack & peel the garlic to release the oils, then just toss it into the milk. Be careful how much you use, garlic can ruin a dish just as much as enhance it if you use to much. I would recommend only using two clives depending on their size. I hope that helps, Bon Appetit Mon Ami.(Enjoy your meal my friend.)

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"Vegetarian" is an Inuit word for "bad hunter".

[@Igneis12]

Is that an equal amount of flour and butter by weight or volume?

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Bravo

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amazing

[@artboxfashion4042]

I think Therese Tallien would approve! Could you also make Lobster Thermidore? This was a famous dish created and very much adored by Josephine and Therese. (I studied French history) On a side note, the mushrooms should be flamed in white wine or cognac to give more flavor and I think a small amount cheese with fine bits of ham might have been added to the sauce, then topped with a full layer of cheese to give a crust. I know its vegetarian, but then eggs arent vegetables ;)

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@@FrenchCookingAcademy In Paris that would be Daguerre Maree. The trick for lobster is to gently poach or cook in wine, (after its killed) not boil so the meat comes out tender and not tough.

[@mountaintrouthome]

What cheese is best for this recipe?

[@kayallen7603]

Not a vegetarian but this is an interesting idea - I'll use three per serving some morning soon.

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YUM!!!

[@johansjolen9007]

Does this hold up well in the fridge so I can prepare it the day before a dinner party for example (heating up in the oven)?

[@FrenchCookingAcademy]

yes you can but just do the stuffed eggs and before the guest arrive do the mornay

[@Larryloafer488]

Hi Stephane, have you done any Artichoke dishes?

[@zummimwaheed1990]

Beautiful, Stephane. I'm going to try this! More vegetarian recipes please!

[@ignoblesurfer6281]

How are people chopping mushrooms and shallots so finely? Just a really sharp, small knife?

[@murielgregory]

Merci beaucoup pour cette recette. Je suis végétarienne et j'aime cuisiner donc ce type de recette me convient parfaitement!

[@ChezJohn]

THAT looks amazing Stephan, WOW! That Béchamel/Mornay sauce is silky, creamy, just gorgeous. The Duxelles looks delicious as well, of course you do use it in many things, but my favorite is Beef Wellington. I am definitely going to do this Thank You. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I thought Vegetarians didn’t eat eggs, or is that Vegans? Au Revoir Mon Ami. 😁

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Vegans do not eat any animal products, plant based only. Vegetarians consume animal by-products like milk, cheese, eggs, but no meat.

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Donna Leveron ok, thank you so much. I wasn’t sure which was which. 👍

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Brilliant! Also, LOVE the new kitchen!!