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Crab Cake Eggs Florentine (Sous Vide)

Apr 24, 2019 · Modified: Feb 26, 2023 by Lauren Pacek · This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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Crab Cake Eggs Florentine is a delicious, decadent, and downright fancy brunch dish. Sous vide-ing the hollandaise sauce and eggs makes things so much easier!

Even though you might not immediately know what the difference between Eggs Benedict and Eggs Florentine is, you're probably familiar with both of these popular brunch dishes. They both involve a toasty English Muffin, poached egg, and hollandaise sauce. Florentine has spinach instead of Canadian bacon or ham (a la Benedict). Now you know.

Both options are so good. I opted for Eggs Florentine here. That spinach means it's healthy, right? No? Okay.

I figured that pretty much the only thing that could make this dish better is the addition of a crab cake. And don't forget the Old Bay. I professed my deep love of Old Bay here, in this post about Air Fryer Chicken Wings.

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This is the first sous vide recipe on this blog!

So, what is sous vide? Sous vide means "under vacuum". Basically what you do is place uncooked  plastic pouch (and vacuum all of the air out) or maybe a glass jar and cook the food in a water bath at a precise temperature. I know, it sounds kind of weird. But if you have more questions, I suggest that you head over to the blog A Duck's Oven. She's an expert!

After a little hemming and hawing, I ended up getting this Anova model. I've been really happy with it. So far, we've made steaks (several times), stuffed burgers, along with the hollandaise sauce and soft poached eggs in this post.

I'm pretty excited to share this first sous vide recipe with you all. Stay tuned for more in the future!

Crab Cake Eggs Florentine (Sous Vide) | A Nerd Cooks

This is a fancy looking recipe, but don't be daunted!

I know that there are kind of a lot of steps involved in making this recipe. Despite this, all of the steps are very easy. Even the hollandaise sauce is super easy. Basically, all you do is dump the ingredients in a jar, let them cook in the water bath, and blend! Easy peasy. And honestly, the payoff at the end of this recipe is sooo worth it.

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Before we get to the recipe, I need to make a couple of plugs:

The beautiful plate in these photos was made by Matt Hallyburton. Please head over to Hallyburton Pottery and check out what he has to offer!

The recipe for the sous vide hollandaise sauce comes from Chelsea over at A Duck's Oven. Go check her blog out for lots of tasty recipes (especially those involving sous vide)!

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Crab Cake Eggs Florentine (Sous Vide)

Lauren Pacek
Crab Cake Eggs Florentine is a delicious, decadent, and downright fancy brunch dish. Making the hollandaise sauce and eggs using sous vide makes things so much easier!
5 from 2 votes
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Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 30 minutes mins
Total Time 45 minutes mins
Course Sous Vide
Cuisine American
Servings 4 servings
Calories 665 kcal

Ingredients
  

Sous Vide Hollandaise Sauce

  • 1 tbs apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tbs shallot minced
  • 10 tbs unsalted butter
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 2 tbs lemon juice
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • 2 tbs water
  • 4 large eggs

Garlicky Spinach

  • 1 tbs olive oil
  • 2 garlic cloves minced
  • 4 cups baby spinach loosely packed
  • kosher salt

Everything Else

  • 4 prepared crab cakes
  • 4 English muffins
  • Old Bay Seasoning

Instructions
 

To make the Sous Vide Hollandaise Sauce

  • Using your immersion circulator, preheat the water bath to 167 degrees F.
  • Add all of the ingredients to a wide-mouthed Mason jar. Screw the on lid to just “finger-tight.”
  • Once the water has preheated, add the jar. Make sure all of the ingredients are completely submerged under the water line. You might have to stack a mug or something on top of the jar to keep it from floating up and around in the water bath. Cook for 30 minutes.
  • Remove the jar from water bath. Remove the lid. Insert the immersion blender into the jar and blend until the hollandaise is smooth and thick (should take about 2 minutes).
  • If you'd like to thin it out a bit, you can add some water and blend again.
  • To make the Sous Vide Soft Poached Egg
  • Using a slotted spoon, gently slide the eggs into the bottom of the preheated (167 degrees F) water bath.
  • Allow them to cook in the water bath for 12 minutes.
  • Again using the slotted spoon, remove the eggs to an ice bath (to stop the cooking) for a about 1 minute.
  • To make the Garlicky Spinach
  • Heat the olive oil in a medium-sized skillet over medium heat.
  • Add the garlic and sauté just until fragrant.
  • Add the baby spinach, one handful at a time (and stirring occasionally), until wilted.
  • Season with kosher salt, to taste.
  • To assemble everything
  • Heat the prepared crab cakes according to package directions.
  • Toast the English muffins and place ¼ of the cooked spinach on the bottom half of each English muffin. Reserve the tops for sopping up the egg yolks and hollandaise.
  • Place a crab cake on top of the spinach.
  • Place one soft poached egg on top of each crab cake. To remove the eggs from their shells, you want to gently crack into the bottom of each egg. Once you peel away the shell at the bottom of the egg, the soft poached eggs will slide right out.
  • Drizzle some hollandaise on top of the poached egg and dust with a little Old Bay seasoning.

Notes

  • If you prepare the crab cakes, spinach, and English muffins while the hollandaise sauce and eggs cook, you can have this fancy brunch on the table in about 30 minutes of active cooking time!
  • Hollandaise sauce cannot be reheated. Trust.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 665kcalCarbohydrates: 45gProtein: 38gFat: 37gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 27gCholesterol: 529mgSodium: 2131mgFiber: 4gSugar: 4g

Disclaimer: Nutritional information is a generated estimate and is not guaranteed to be accurate.

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  1. N. C.

    January 20, 2020 at 1:38 am

    Hollandaise with no butter? 86, chef.

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    • laurenpacek

      January 20, 2020 at 6:29 pm

      Yikes, that's embarrassing. Added the 10 tbs of butter to the ingredients list. Thanks for the heads up!

      Reply
  2. Anne|Craving Something Healthy

    April 27, 2019 at 4:31 am

    What a beautiful brunch recipe! Love the addition of a crab cake!

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  3. Holly

    April 27, 2019 at 1:32 am

    Wouldn't this be perfect for a Mother's Day brunch? I would love to get a sous vide for Mother's Day. Guess I should leave this post open and let my family know. : )

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