Eggs benedict with cheese sauce

2 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
2English muffins; halved/buttered
4slicesCanadian bacon; cooked
4Swiss; (1 ounce) cheese slices
4Poached eggs
1tablespoonButter or margarine
1tablespoonAll-purpose flour
cupMilk
½cupShredded Cheddar cheese
¼teaspoonSalt
1dashBlack pepper

Directions

CHEESE SAUCE

Broil muffins until lightly browned. Place 1 Canadian bacon sliced nad 1 cheese slice on each mufin half. Top each wit ha poached egg and cover with cheese sauce. Serve immediately.

Yield: 2 servings.

Cheese Sauce: Melt butter in a heavy saucepan over Low heat; add flour and stir until smooth. Cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Gradually add milk; cook over Medium heat, stirring constantly, until thickened and bubbly. Add cheese, salt and pepper, stirring until cheese is melted. Yield: about ¾ cup. Submitted by Mary Boden, Stuart, FL MC formatting by bobbi744@...

ICQ #12099523

Recipe by: Southern Living, October, 1981, p. 200 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by Roberta Banghart <bobbi744@...> on May 13, 1998