Eggs Benedict gone wrong

On the 26th of September 2017, I cooked something I would find intimidating - Eggs Benedict using a Gordon Ramsey recipe.

As a first year university student,  I  live on McDonalds BigMacs and Debonairs pizza so this task encouraged me to finally put my kitchen to good use. To make the stakes even higher,  I decided that the eggs benedict would be supper for both me and boyfriend that night.

My first attempt of putting the eggs in the swirling pot of water was a fail the yolk broke and I had to start again. The second eggs came out a bit better and thus a felt encouraged to carry on with the recipe.

I've only tasted eggs benedict in my life and it was over 5 years ago so I anticipated since the recipe was hard, the outcome of my cooking had to taste amazing. I was SO WRONG as it ended up tasting revolting.

This task taught me that as a creative, I should constantly try to do/make things that I may find intimidating as I could learn something new about myself or the thing I'm making.

Link to the recipe: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2450/gordons-eggs-benedict




The first egg
The second egg





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