Binging with Babish: Eggs in a Nest from Lots of Stuff

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil offers a healthier fat option.

cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Nutritional yeast is lower in fat and adds flavor.

Start by baking bread: Combine 100 milliliters of water at 110 degrees Fahrenheit with a packet of instant yeast and half of 650 grams of all-purpose flour, along with 50 grams of sugar, 5 grams of salt, and 45 grams of unsalted butter at room temperature.

Stir to combine, then add the remaining 300 milliliters of water and stir again to form a pancake-batter-like paste.

Add the remaining flour and stir until a shaggy dough forms.

Turn the dough out onto a countertop and knead for 7 to 9 minutes until smooth and supple.

Oil a large bowl, place the dough inside, and roll it around to coat in oil. Cover with plastic wrap and let sit at room temperature for 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until doubled in size.

Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured countertop, punch it down, and form it into a loaf by tucking it under itself for a round top.

Place the loaf in a buttered and parchment-lined loaf pan, cover loosely with plastic wrap, and let it rise for another hour until redoubled in size.

Brush the loaf with melted butter and bake in a 400 degree Fahrenheit oven for 25 to 35 minutes until it reaches 200 degrees Fahrenheit internally. Brush with melted butter again and let cool until morning.

Slice a thick piece of the baked bread for the nest.

Cut a hole in the center of the bread slice to preserve the centerpiece for yolk mopping.

Melt 1.5 tablespoons (45 grams) of butter in a stainless steel skillet and coat both sides of the bread with the melted butter.

Place the bread in the skillet and toast for about 2 minutes on medium-low heat.

Add a dollop of bacon fat in the center of the bread, then crack an egg inside.

Increase the heat to medium-high and cook for about 1 minute, then flip the bread and toast for an additional 10 to 15 seconds.

Season with kosher salt and black pepper.

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