Eggs au Beurre Noir Recipe ingredients

To prepare this Eggs au Beurre Noir Recipe, first prepare half a dozen eggs as if for poaching, by breaking each one separately into a cup. Brown 3 ounces of butter in a large frying-pan, and slide the eggs from the cups into it; when they have well set, ladle the burnt butter over them, and sprinkle salt and some nutmeg. Serve on toast wetted with vinegar. Time, from two and a half to three and a half minutes, according to size of eggs. Sufficient, two eggs for each person.