Put the egg in the hole

[sienamystic]

Tried the egg-in-toast baked thing, and got mixed results. For one, it comes out pretty bland, with thyme being the dominant taste, which isn't what I'm looking for. For another, no fusion seems to happen, where the various components meld into a satisfying hole. Instead, the egg sits primly in the hole, the ricotta remains a thick layer on top, and the bread sits between them like a surly chaperone. It may be a fault in how I set things up in the pan, I'm not sure. Bemo thinks the recipe deserves to stay around for tweaking, so I may experiment with it later. The mushroom bacon tart of the night before was, however, an unqualified success. Really yummy.