This is one from her great cookbook, The Way To Cook and it's typical of Julia in that she took some simple ingredients and made a great dish from them. In my book I call the recipe Julia's Egg Burritos and one reason it makes such a wonderful brunch dish is that you can make it ahead of time and then just pop it in the oven. For 8 burritos serving two to a person you will need:
12 eggs
Salt, pepper, Tabasco sauce
2 tbs melted butter
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley (half that amount of dried)
1/4 tsp dried thyme
2 cups of good tomato sauce (a mild salsa can be substituted)
1/4 cup grated cheddar cheese
1/2 cup plus 3 tablespoons cottage cheese, drained
Before you start, put the cottage cheese in a colander for 30 minutes and let it drain, stirring from time to time.
Whisk the eggs in a bowl with the salt, pepper and Tabasco to your taste. To do this right you must have a 6 inch non-stick frying pan with a lid. Set the pan over moderately high heat and, with a pastry brush, lightly add a film of butter. Pour one and a half tablespoons of egg into the pan and tilt the pan in all directions to cover the bottom. Cover the pan for about 20 seconds until the egg has set and slide it on to a small 8 inch square of foil. Cover with another sheet of the same size. Repeat until you have a total of 8 "burritos" stacked. You will have some egg left over.
Lightly butter a shallow baking dish big enough to hold the burritos in one layer. Pour the tomato sauce or salsa into the dish and spread evenly over the bottom. Mix the cottage cheese with the herbs and remainder of the eggs.
Take one burrito "skin" and place about 5-6 tablespoons of the cheese mixture down the center, starting and stopping about one inch from each edge. Carefully fold up each side of the burrito and place, seam side down, into the baking dish. When all the burritos are in the dish sprinkle with the cheddar cheese. At this point you can set the dish aside until you are ready to serve, maybe after a round of Bloody Marys.
Pre-heat the oven to 450 degrees and, when you are ready to serve, bake the dish in the upper third of the oven, until the cheese melts and the sauce is bubbling slightly, about 7-10 minutes. I serve this with a fruit salad made with my special dressing (page 182 in my cookbook) and hot biscuits.
This a beautiful dish and I'll bet very few of your guests have ever had the pleasure of eating it. If you want to know more about my cookbook go to http://ineedtocook.com
You can find this recipe, along with 324 others in my award-winning cookbook, Help-I gotta Cook!. In 2007 it was awarded Cookbook of the Year and has the most comprehensive Cooking Guide you will find anywhere. If you want to learn how to cook really good, healthy meals check out my website http://www.ineedtocook.com or buy it on Amazon.
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