Lidia Celebrates America Recipe Archives
Dec 9, 2021
Featured Recipe: Eggs Jeannette
Lidia has her friend Jacques Pépin in the kitchen and they’re cooking eggs!
Eggs Jeannette Lidia spends time in the kitchen with the one and only Chef Jacques Pépin. They make one of his family recipes, Eggs Jeannette.
See the Recipe- Jacques remembers, "When we were kids, eggs were a staple on our table. Meat or poultry showed up there once a week at the most, and more often than not, our "meat" dinners consisted of a delicious ragout of potatoes or cabbage containing bits of salt pork or leftover roast. Eggs were always a welcome main dish, especially in a gratin with béchamel sauce and cheese, and we loved them in omelets with herbs and potatoes that Maman would serve hot or cold with a garlicky salad.
Our favorite egg recipe, however, was my mother’s creation of stuffed eggs, which I baptized "eggs Jeannette." To this day, I have never seen a recipe similar to hers, and we still enjoy it often at our house. Serve with crusty bread as a first course or as a main course for lunch.