fluffy the vampire slayerrrr!

we went out to buy groceries with my brother yesterday and bought eggs as part of our grocery list. unknowingly, mama also bought a dozen eggs so we currently have too much eggs in the house. i looked for interesting recipes using eggs for lunch today or else we'd be having sunny side ups and omelettes for the next couple of days, and found this!

Ingredients

• 2 eggs

• 1/4 teaspoon Kosher salt

• 1/4 cup grated Gruyere cheese (we don't even have normal cheese, i know i should have bought one yesterday. so no cheese for our first trial.)

Cooking Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 450°F with a rack in the middle. Line a roasting pan, or baking sheet that can take high temperatures without warping, with parchment paper or Silpat.

• Separate the egg yolks from the whites. Make sure there are no little pieces of egg yolk in the whites or you will have difficulty getting the whites to beat properly. It helps if you are making more than one egg nest to keep each egg yolk in a separate prep bowl.

• Place the egg whites in a very clean mixer bowl (any residual oil in the mixer bowl will keep the egg whites from whipping up properly) → we didn't listen to this bit of wisdom and added butter as substitute to cheese. in the end, the whipped whites didn't stiffen. Add a quarter teaspoon of salt to the egg whites. Beat the egg whites with a whisk attachment in a mixer (or using a hand mixer), starting on low speed and then slowly increasing to high speed, until stiff peaks form.

• Gently fold in the grated Gruyere cheese (if you have one), taking care not to deflate the egg whites.

• Create two mounds of the egg white mixture on the lined baking sheet. Form the mounds so they look like nests, with indentations in the centers.

• Place in the oven for 3 minutes. After 3 minutes, open the oven, pull out the rack with the egg white nests, and gently add an egg yolk to the center of each nest. Return the baking sheet to the oven and cook for 3 more minutes. 

and here's how our fluffy little sun turned out!

looks like breakfast hahaha.