Breakfast

Voisilmä (eggy bread)

A slice of bread fried in butter, with a hole cut in the centre to hold a fried egg. This Finnish breakfast, crispy outside and soft inside, is eaten hot first thing in the morning.

13 min
4 servings
Easy
Budget-friendly
🇫🇮 Finland

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Ingredients

4 slices Sandwich loaf or thick white bread
30 g Butter
4 Eggs
Salt

Spices & seasoning

Ground black pepper

Optional extras

1 tsp Finely chopped chives

On the side

Coffee or milk

Nutrition facts

196 kcal per serving

Protein: 8.2 g
Carbohydrates: 13.3 g
of which sugars: 2.1 g
Fat: 12 g
of which saturated fat: 5.6 g
Fiber: 0.5 g

Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.

Instructions

Cut a round hole about 6 cm across in the centre of each slice of bread, and keep the rounds aside.
Melt half the butter in a frying pan over medium heat, then add the bread slices and the rounds.
Let them brown for 2 minutes, flip them over, then crack an egg into the hole of each slice.
Add a little butter alongside, cover and cook for 3 to 4 minutes until the white is set and the yolk still runny.
Season with salt and pepper and serve straight away, with the golden rounds on the side.