This section is from the book "300 Culinary Receipts", by Alexander Filippini. Also available from Amazon: 300 Culinary Receipts.
Heat half an ounce of butter in a dish on the hot stove, then break into it twelve fresh eggs, and sprinkle over two ounces of fresh bread-crumbs. Set the dish in the hot oven, and let bake for two minutes; then pour over the eggs half a pint of well-reduced Espagnole sauce (No. 105), add three ounces of cooked, tender ham, or cooked kidneys cut up finely, and serve.
 
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