Green Sauce with Eggs and Potatoes
A fresh green sauce featuring herbs, eggs, and boiled potatoes—an essential classic from the Classic Sauces category. Try this recipe and many others from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 100 g mixed herbs (approximately equal parts borage, chervil, sorrel, pimpinella, parsley, dill)
- 1 bunch chives
- 2 shallots
- 30 g Butter
- 30 g flour
- 350 ml broth
- 300 g heavy cream
- Salt
- black pepper (freshly ground)
- nutmeg
- 4 eggs
- 800 g boiled potatoes
Instructions
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1.
Cover the potatoes with water and simmer for about 20 minutes. Cook the eggs to your preference—soft or hard boiled.
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2.
Meanwhile, rinse the herbs and shake off excess moisture. Finely chop the leaves, slice the chives into thin rings, peel and dice the shallots very finely. Heat the butter in a pan, sauté the shallot cubes until translucent. Stir in the flour, cook briefly, then gradually add the broth while whisking. Bring to a boil. Add the cream and herbs, stir through. Do not simmer further; season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg.
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3.
Serve the green sauce over halved eggs and boiled potatoes.