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This is a new favorite at our house–loved by three generations and gobbled up enthusiastically. I added turmeric to the cheese sauce and used kale instead of ham for a couple of us non-meat eaters. Fabulous!
This RECIPE is sponsored by ALDI
Brunch season is in full, official swing.
Spring brunch. Baby and bridal shower. Birthday brunch. Mother’s Day brunch. And the queen of them all: EASTER BRUNCH. So today, in preparation for the main brunch event, we need to talk about how adorable, delicious, and necessary BRUNCH CUPS are.
Brunch cups, as I’m calling them, start with a little puff pastry tucked into a muffin tin. Then we are layering the puff pastry with a quick schmear of creamy Swiss-ified cheese sauce, an egg, and some diced ham. Finally, we are baking it all together into something adorable, delicious, and brunchy. A sprinkle of chives, salt, and pepper on top would make you look kinda fancy, too.
We made a mega ALDI run before this ham / egg / cheese brunch cup operation. Hello, brunch headquarters. Most notable finds were the ham, which is spiral-sliced and hickory-smoked (yum), and the eggs. I love ALDI eggs – lovely organic cage free large brown eggs that do not cost your life savings. Thank you, ALDI.
Watch How To Make Our Ham, Egg, and Cheese Brunch Cups:
Is it just me or does ALDI have the most loyal cult following ever? My friends who are obsessed with ALDI are – how do I say this – REALLY, REALLY OBSESSED with ALDI.
Are you in this mega ALDI fan club? What do you buy there? And why? If you are in the Twin Cities like me… did you know they have a newly renovated Roseville location? Um, yeah.
Let’s talk. And eat these drippy, buttery, thick little brunch cups.
Win-win!
Ham, Egg, and Cheese Brunch Cups
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 18 egg cups 1x
Description
Puff pastry, egg, ham, and a creamy cheese sauce make these little brunch cups easy, delicious, and so beautiful! Perfect for effortless entertaining.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons Baker’s Corner All-Purpose Flour
- 1 cup milk
- 3/4 cup shredded Swiss cheese
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 sheets puff pastry
- 18 SimplyNature Organic Cage Free Brown Eggs
- 1–2 cups Appleton Farms Spiral Sliced Half Ham, diced
- 1 beaten SimplyNature Organic Cage Free Brown Egg (egg wash)
- chopped fresh chives, salt, and pepper for topping
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Make the Cheese Sauce: Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add in the flour and whisk to combine. Pour in the milk, little by little, whisking after each addition. Bring to a simmer, whisking until the mixture thickens. Take the mixture off the heat and stir in the cheese. Season with salt. Set aside.
- For the Brunch Cups: Use a rolling pin to roll out the puff pastry sheets until thin. Cut the pastry sheets into 9 equal squares. Line each well of a muffin tin with one puff pastry square, pressing it firmly to the bottom and sides. The edges should come just over the top of the muffin tin. Fill each cup with a spoonful of cheese sauce. Then, crack one egg into each cup and sprinkle diced ham on the top of each egg. Brush the exposed portions of puff pastry with egg wash.
- Bake: Bake for 10-15 minutes until the eggs are set (see notes). Sprinkle with chives, salt, and pepper. Serve warm.
Notes
Depending on your oven, 10-15 minutes should yield you a runny yolk, whereas anything after 15 minutes will get more of a medium to hard yolk. My oven runs hot, and for me, 12 minutes wasn’t quite enough to cook the whites on top, but 17 minutes gave me a medium yolk, so ideally something in between would be best if you want cooked whites with a very runny yolk. If you don’t like runny yolks, you can also use scrambled eggs in this recipe. I just like the look of the yolks intact – so pretty!
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 25 mins
- Category: Breakfast
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: ham brunch cups, egg brunch cups, ham and egg brunch cups
Thank you to ALDI for sponsoring this post!
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Wondering if you can prepare these in advance, cover, pop in the fridge and bake the next day?
The pastry would likely get soggy.
A new subscriber, here! Just found this recipe for Easter brunch next Sunday. Is there way to make this with the eggs scrambled – or at least with a broken yolk? Thank you!
Would these work in the air fryer in standalone silicone muffin liners?
We haven’t tested that, let us know if you try it!
These are pretty good! but i had to cook them for 30 minutes to get the egg whites to cook all the way through.
I can’t wait to try this recipe and impress my brunch crew. Thanks for sharing the joy of cooking and inspiring us to elevate our breakfast game. Keep those amazing recipes coming!
Looks delicious! Apologies if I missed this, but can any of this be prepped ahead of time?
My 11 year old daughter just finished making these and they are the absolute cutest things I’ve ever seen! She made half with the full egg as the directions stated and half with beaten egg. They came out amazing!
These are so yummy! Made them for family brunch and my (adult) kids loved them! I had a few problems though, my muffin cup’s couldn’t quite handle all that goodness without spilling, so I put the ham on top of the sauce and then cracked the egg in while hoping for the best. Also, I was surprised this happened because I figured the puff pastry would be greasy enough to prevent it , but they stuck to the pans horribly, next time I will spray them with Pam Or lightly grease first. The Swiss sauce takes it next level! Thanks for another great recipe!
Wow! I always try to find new healthy brunch recipes. And I’m always in search of new egg recipe ideas. I loved the idea of using turmeric and kale instead of ham as we do try to avoid eating meat as much as possible. Thank you.
Great idea for a breakfast sandwich. Wish I had one right now, that’s how hungry this made me!!!
I find this recipe very original to offer as appetizer. I will add some iberico bellota ham, it is delicious!
These are so cute! I like a runny-medium yolk but no one else in the family does so I’d scramble their eggs are leave mines intact :D.
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Wow, such an awesome dish, I wil try to make it.
This would be good with kiddies helping mums and grandmas take note
These are adorable and so easy but mine stuck to the non-stick muffin pan. If anyone has a way to get them out in one piece, please share.
These are great but the first few I took out of the pan stuck. The ones I left in the pan to cool were much easier to get out and didn’t stick at all.
These look absolutely delicious! I love brunch items (mainly breakfasty type items). These would be great with left over Honey Baked Ham after Easter.
A perfect little snack to take to work. They look delicious
If the eggs are scrambled, how long should they be in the oven?
Thanks for the sharing such delicious recipe. I tried it at home and really its awesome.
wow…this is a very good pastry recipe.love the cup shape design of brunch
This is a new favorite at our house–loved by three generations and gobbled up enthusiastically. I added turmeric to the cheese sauce and used kale instead of ham for a couple of us non-meat eaters. Fabulous!
Glad to hear that, Molly! 🙂
Your recipes are starring in my Mother’s Day Brunch. These are amazing and will make my mother so happy. And my son, and my husband, and me! Thanks for your creative and delicious recipes.
So glad to hear that, Molly!
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I love eggs. It looks very tasty.