OK so this is the basic dish we all learned as kids with a couple of addition tips.  Compare, modify, improve.  The thing that is great about the simple egg dishes is ease you can incorporate your leftovers into the meal.

Ingredients

3 large eggs per person

Butter

green onions, mushrooms, diced potato ham – almost any leftovers

Tablespoon of heavy cream or milk

Salt and pepper

Crack and mix your eggs in a small bowl.  Season with pepper and salt.  Whisk briskly until the mixture is uniform in color then add a the heavy cream or milk. 

Equipment

6 6 oz Ramekins

1 baking dish large enough to hold all ramekins

Ingredients

6 large egg yolks

2.5 cups of heavy cream

2/3 cup of sugar

1 or 2 vanilla bean

bittersweet chocolate bar (optional)

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Finely cut/shave bittersweet chocolate and place in even proportions in bottom of ramekins

Whisk egg yolks in a bowl and add 1/2 cup of sugar.

Scald cream in sauce pan until.  Cut the vanilla bean length wise and scrape the seeds.  Add the bean pod and seeds to the scalding cream.  Stir thoroughly for 5 minutes.  Remove the vanilla bean pod.