French Eggs Recipes

French technique is the grammar of Western cooking: careful browning, patient sauces and precise seasoning turn humble ingredients into something refined. When French cooks work with eggs, they reach for butter, shallots, white wine, thyme, cream and Dijon mustard, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are baking, simmering, boiling and frying.

The kitchen's great multitasker — binder, leavener, emulsifier and a fast meal in their own right. In this collection it's most often cooked with butter, all-purpose flour, plain flour, whole milk, unsalted butter and egg yolks. The dishes here span french classics ready in as little as 10 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.