Bacon, Cheese & Scrambled Sandwiches & Hollandaise

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped
• 4 slices canadian bacon, cut into 1/4-inch dice
• 1/2 cup sliced pitted kalamata olives or 1/2 cup pitted black olives
• 2 pickled jalapeno peppers, seeded and diced
• 1 tomato, diced
• 6 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 cup shredded gruyere cheese
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 4 split english muffins, toasted
• 2 large egg yolks
• 1 tablespoon cold water
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice (not that bottled stuff!)
• 1 dash hot sauce
• 1 dash worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon snipped chives

Recipe

• 1 in a large nonstick skillet, heat the oil.
• 2 add the onion and cook over high heat until softened, about 4 minutes.
• 3 add the bacon and cook, stirring, until very lightly browned, about 2 minutes.
• 4 add the olives, jalapeños and tomato and cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
• 5 add the eggs and scramble, scraping down the sides with a rubber spatula, until just set, about 2 minutes.
• 6 add the gruyère and stir just until melted.
• 7 season lightly with salt and pepper.
• 8 arrange the toasted english muffins on 4 plates.
• 9 spoon the scrambled eggs on the muffins and top with the hollandais sauce.
• 10 classic hollandaise sauce:.
• 11 in a medium heatproof bowl set over heat w/out the bottom touching the large saucepan with 2 inches of simmering water, whisk the egg yolks with the cold water and salt until warm to the touch.
• 12 slowly drizzle in half of the melted butter in a thin stream, whisking constantly until incorporated.
• 13 continue whisking the melted until the sauce is thick and emulsified.
• 14 whish in the lemon juice, hot sauce and worcestershire sauce and serve warm.
• 15 garnish with chives and serve right away.
• 16 *tip: the sauce can be kept warm over the hot water bath off the heat for 30 minutes. whisk occasionally and reheat over hot water.