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Stuffed Croissants
Filled with scrambled eggs, tomatoes and dilled havarti
-Paula Lambert, http://www.mozzco.com/, author of Cheese, Glorious Cheese
Scrambled eggs always remind me of the time I spent the night at Julia Child's house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Early the next morning we came downstairs to her kitchen where we prepared breakfast. Julia scrambled the eggs: she stirred them very, very slowly over the lowest imaginable heat for ages and ages. They were so creamy and delicious. I had never tasted eggs so good. If you cook your eggs Julia's way, they will always be very soft and very fluffy. (this was copied from www.Bettyconfidential.com, please check out the page it's great!)
Serves 4
Ingredients:
4 croissants, split in half 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded dilled havarti 2 ripe heirloom tomatoes, cut into 16 very thin slices, divided use Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Scrambled Eggs 6 eggs 1/3 cup water 2 tablespoons butter Salt and freshly ground black pepp…

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