Blender and skillet breakfast readysetGO! Or more like breakfast, lunch, and dinner because let's be honest, I'll eat this savory herb cheese dutch baby with prosciutto and poached eggs ANY time of day.
Now I know I've talked about this before, but the simplicity of a dutch baby is just ridiculous. They're so easy to make!
How could they possibly be that easy? Dump all the ingredients for the batter in a blender and blend until smooth. Pour into a hot, buttered, oven safe skillet and bake for 20ish minutes. Then fill with whatever you want.
SEE? WHY is this not more of a thing around here??? They're brilliant.
This particular dutch baby is of the savory variety, ergo savory herb cheese dutch baby. What makes it savory instead of sweet? The addition of a couple fresh herbs and a little cheese to the batter...plus prosciutto and eggs for the filling. Oh and more cheese because obviously.
Dutch babies are so versatile. Like I said earlier, I would eat this dish any time of day. The sweeter dutch baby versions are even perfect for dessert!
Seriously peeps. If you havn't hopped on the dutch baby train yet, give this recipe a try and you'll jump right on board. Recipe coming up!
Savory Herb Cheddar Dutch Baby
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 2-3 1x
Description
Buttery, skillet pancake perfection flavored with fresh herbs and cheddar cheese and topped with prosciutto and your favorite style of eggs!
Ingredients
For the Dutch Baby
- 3 medium eggs
- ยฝ cup AP flour
- ยฝ cup skim milk
- ยผ teaspoon coarse salt
- 1 ยฝ tablespoons white sugar
- ยฝ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ยฝ teaspoon vanilla paste (optional - can easily substitute with vanilla extract)
- ยฝ teaspoon fresh thyme, roughly minced
- ยฝ teaspoon fresh rosemary, roughly minced
- 1 tablespoon green onion, sliced
- ยผ cup sharp cheddar cheese, grated
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
For the Filling
- 6-8 Prosciutto slices
- ยผ cup cheddar cheese, grated
- Your choice of eggs, as desired*
- Thyme leaves, sliced chives, minced rosemary, for garnish
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Instructions
- Place a large, oven safe skillet in the oven and preheat to 425หF.
- While pan is heating, blend eggs, flour, milk, salt, sugar, vanilla, thyme, rosemary, green onion, and cheddar in a blender until smooth.
- Remove hot pan from the oven and add the butter, swirling the melting butter around to coat the pan.
- Pour batter into the pan and return to the oven. Cook for 20-25 minutes, until puffed and golden brown.
- Remove from the oven. Top puffed pancake with the cheddar for the filling immediately. Throw back in the oven for a couple minutes to melt the cheese a little bit more if desired.
- Top with prosciutto slices and desired eggs (I made poached eggs*).
- Garnish with thyme leaves, chives, rosemary, and some fresh ground black pepper. Serve immediately.
Notes
For Poached Eggs: One at a time, crack one egg into a ramekin or small bowl. Gently stir the simmering water before adding the egg to create a whirlpool-like current and then slowly start to tip the egg into the water, white first. Cook for 3 minutes. Repeat this step with the second egg (you can have both eggs cooking in the pot at the same time). Remove the eggs with a slotted spoon, cutting off any icky edges, and gently pat dry with a paper towel.
If poached eggs aren't your jam, you can also try over easy eggs or sunny side up eggs!
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
Millican Pecan says
My husband and I love breakfast for dinner, and your recipe looks a bit like that! He likes his yolks hard cooked and I like mine runny, so I just have to divide it in half before adding the egg! It looks so good, I'm glad I ran across it.
Riley Walker says
I'm thinking of making this but wanted to check - does the recipe really call for sugar and vanilla? I'm surprised to see this in a savory dutch baby.
Avital says
I just made this for my husband and 4yr old.
1st of all the pancake was so easy to make.
It looked so cool as it puffed up, I prefried the prosciutto and made the eggs as fried eggs.
Both me and my husband wolfed it down it was so good.
My daughter even said that it was delicious and munched on her peice over the course of the morning as she does.
I found this recipe on Pinterest.
Dea Holly says
Same here - think I'll make a judgement call and leave them out.