Meaning of eggs Florentine | Babel Free

Definitions

A variation of eggs Benedict with spinach, sometimes in place of bacon.

plural, singular

Examples

“There are hundreds of recipes based on poached eggs. The recipe here is for eggs Florentine, a classic in which the eggs nestle in a bed of creamed spinach.”

“If your eggs Florentine have chalky yolks, or if your dessert crêpe tastes oddly of oregano, well, so what? This is not destination dining; you’ve got places to be.”

“For that [a social occasion] he prefers the Brooklyn outpost of Cafe Mogador, where he orders an “Über-breakfast” of pancakes, eggs Florentine, avocado, and bacon.”

CEFR level