I am here today to tell you all about the cutest little breakfast or brunch package you could ask for.
These Egg in a Bagel Hole with Cheese & Prosciutto are a fun twist on “egg in a hole.”
My mom made egg in a hole for us every so often growing up, and it was such a treat. The bread would get so toasty and buttery in the pan with the egg, and it was something I started making for Dan and me when we were dating. It became sort of a tradition on the weekends.
This version swaps the bread for a bagel and adds in some more flavor with gruyere cheese and sliced prosciutto. Yes, yes, yes! A slightly more grown up take on the classic, perhaps? Not that I’m knocking the classic one bit.
These are a very fun but easy thing to prep for a celebratory breakfast or brunch. People get excited about this sort of thing, and I get it. Who wouldn’t want a toasty, buttery bagel filled with egg, cheese, and prosciutto? Sign me up.
The combination of the gooey and nutty gruyere, salty prosciutto, and buttery bagel here is pure heaven. The egg is really just the icing on the cake!
Ingredients You Need to Make These Egg in a Bagel Hole with Cheese & Prosciutto:
- Bagels
- Melted butter
- Gruyere or cheddar cheese (the deli-style sliced cheese works best here)
- Prosciutto
- Eggs
- Fresh chives
How to Make Egg in a Bagel Hole with Cheese & Prosciutto:
- Preheat the oven to 375°F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Using a small biscuit cutter, cut out the center of the bagels to make the holes larger (about 3 inches in diameter).
- Brush the cut sides of the bagels with the melted butter and place them cut-side down on the baking sheet. I also line up some of the bagel cut outs.
- Line each bagel hole with a slice of cheese and a slice of prosciutto, tucking them in and around until they fit.
- Crack an egg into the center of each bagel hole, on top of the cheese and prosciutto slices – they will form a sort of wall around the egg to keep it from leaking out.
- Season the egg with salt and pepper and then transfer to the oven for 10-15 minutes, depending on how you like your eggs cooked.
- Serve while warm and garnished with fresh chives.
Other Recipes You Might Like:
- Everything Bagel Scallion Cream Cheese Pull-Apart Bread
- Homemade Bagels
- Everything Bagel Breakfast Sandwich Strata
- Sweet Potato & Goat Cheese Quiche
These are so much fun and so delicious. A taste of childhood, all grown up. Pass the mimosas!
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Egg in a Bagel Hole with Cheese & Prosciutto
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 3–6 servings 1x
Description
This Egg in a Bagel Hole with Cheese & Prosciutto is a fun and slightly more grown-up take on the childhood classic “egg in a hole.” Buttery, crispy bagels filled with gooey gruyere cheese, salty prosciutto, and perfectly cooked eggs. Sign me up and pass the mimosas!
Ingredients
- 3 bagels, halved (any flavor)
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 6 slices gruyere or cheddar cheese (the deli-style sliced cheese works best here)
- 6 slices prosciutto
- 6 large eggs
- Salt and pepper
- Fresh chives
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Using a small biscuit cutter, cut out the center of the bagels to make the holes larger (about 3 inches in diameter).
- Brush the cut sides of the bagels with the melted butter and place them cut-side down on the baking sheet. I also line up some of the bagel cut outs.
- Line each bagel hole with a slice of cheese and a slice of prosciutto, tucking them in and around until they fit.
- Crack an egg into the center of each bagel hole, on top of the cheese and prosciutto slices – they will form a sort of wall around the egg to keep it from leaking out.
- Season the egg with salt and pepper and then transfer to the oven for 10-15 minutes, depending on how you like your eggs cooked. My whites were cooked with a slightly runny egg around the 12 minute mark.
- Serve while warm and garnished with fresh chives.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: breakfast
Hi There. I'm Molly. I'm a food-obsessed, self-taught cook and I can't wait to share my passion for all things culinary with you. My love for egg yolks is just the tip of the iceberg!
this is so much more sophisticated than the last version that I had of this, basically just an egg in toasted bread, so thank you for this version!
Such a fantastic recipe!!!! I will surprise my husband on Sunday morning. Thank you so much for something different and special looking.
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While I think the flavor of this recipe is fantastic, that really depends mostly on the bagel and seasonings, and I have to say that the idea of an egg inside the hole of a bagel is genius, the actual implementation was not quite what I expected. First, and this has nothing to do with the recipe itself, but one of my eggs. The white was so runny it ran up and over the prosciutto and cheese. I contained most of it by using the bagel hole scraps, so that suggestion to toast those too was a great idea. ☺️
That’s when the rest of it went wrong. The egg whites took much, much longer to cook than what was stated. After 20 minutes without the whites setting in the center, I set the stove on low broil and put the pan on the very bottom rack, which in turn made the yolks hard while the whites were just barely done. To top it off, everything stuck to the baking sheet, even when it was greased.
Don’t get me wrong, I do like this recipe, and I will try it again, but apparently my oven temps and those of the original poster of this recipe are astronomically different. I’ll also remember that my pan needs to be LIBERALLY greased. I am glad that I cut this recipe down to just feed myself and my husband. The frustration with the process of this is why I only gave it 3 stars, otherwise, it was delicious.