A Hole-in-one Breakfast A La Midwest Living

Total Time: 37 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 ounces bulk lamb sausage or 4 ounces turkey sausage
• 1/2 cup finely chopped fresh mushrooms
• 1/2 cup finely chopped red bell peppers or 1/2 cup yellow bell peppers or 1/2 cup sweet green pepper
• 1/4 cup thinly sliced green onion
• 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese or 1/2 cup monterey jack cheese
• 4 slices home-style whole wheat bread or 4 slices bread
• 4 teaspoons butter or 4 teaspoons margarine, softened
• 4 eggs
• salt, to taste
• ground black pepper, to taste
• 1 pinch crushed red pepper flakes (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a 12" nonstick skillet, cook sausage, mushrooms, sweet peppers, green onions & pinch or two, of crushed red peppers, until meat is brown and vegetables are tender, stirring to break up sausage as it cooks.
• 2 remove sausage mixture from skillet; drain.
• 3 in a small bowl, combine sausage mixture and cheese & set aside.
• 4 carefully wipe skillet clean with paper towels; set aside.
• 5 with a 2" round cookie cutter or a small juice glass, cut out the center of each slice of bread.(use bread centers in another recipe for breadcrumbs).
• 6 spread both sides of the bread slices with the butter or margarine.
• 7 in same 12" skillet, toast bread on one side over medium heat about 2 minutes,or until golden brown.
• 8 reduce heat to medium-low; turn the bread slices over.
• 9 break one of the eggs into a 1-cup glass measuring cup with a handle.
• 10 holding lip of cup as close to the bread as possible, carefully slide the egg into the hole.
• 11 repeat this step with the remaining 3 eggs and bread slices.
• 12 spoon sausage mixture over bread slices; avoiding the egg as much as possible.
• 13 cooke, covered, for 10-15 minutes, or until eggs are firm.
• 14 using a wide spatula, carefully lift out bread-&-egg slices and transfer to 4 dinner plates.
• 15 sprinkle eggs with salt, pepper & crushed red pepper, if using, to taste.