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A simple, yet elegant, one pan luxury breakfast recipe that is ready in under 15 minutes – perfect for Christmas morning! In collaboration with Grana Padano & Prosciutto di San Daniele. Edited with new pins, November 2018.

Grana Padano Scrambled Eggs with Prosciutto di San Daniele Roses

Christmas morning breakfasts in our house tend to be quite small, simple meals. Given that I’m going to be spending most of the day preparing a Christmas dinner feast, I don’t want an elaborate breakfast with a big clean up.

That’s where these one pan Grana Padano scrambled eggs with Prosciutto di San Daniele roses come into their own. The recipe only takes five minutes to cook, and it’s so indulgently creamy and cheesy – and the elegant Prosciutto di San Daniele roses with their vibrant green leaves finish it off perfectly.

Grana Padano Scrambled Eggs with Prosciutto di San Daniele Roses Ingredients

INGREDIENTS TO MAKE THIS POSH SCRAMBLED EGGS WITH CHEESE RECIPE

  • 4 large free range eggs
  • a generous helping of freshly grated Grana Padano cheese
  • 3 slices of thinly sliced Prosciutto di San Daniele (I got mine at M&S in Aberdeen just across from the ferry terminal)
  • 1/2 cup of heavy cream
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • fresh basil leaves – to garnish

HOW TO MAKE THIS POSH SCRAMBLED EGGS WITH CHEESE RECIPE

Step 1: Cut slices of Prosciutto di San Daniele in half lengthwise and carefully roll into rose shapes. Set aside.

Step 2: Heat butter in a large, non-stick pan.

Step 3: Pour in the heavy cream.

Step 4: Crack the eggs straight into the pan (no need to whisk beforehand).

Step 5: Grate over plenty of Grana Padano cheese.

Step 6: Scramble the eggs, and serve with the Prosciutto di San Daniele roses and fresh basil leaves for a garnish.

Grana Padano Scrambled Eggs with Prosciutto di San Daniele Roses

Watch our video above to see just how easy it is to make! You might think the method is a bit different than the usual way of making scrambled eggs. My teenage son wants to be a chef when he grows up, and he’s training at our local college and working part-time in a local cafe. He learned how to make scrambled eggs this way from watching the chef at the cafe, and they turn out perfect every time with very little washing up afterwards!

What else could you ask for on Christmas morning, except perhaps a Mimosa or two to wash it down?

ABOUT GRANA PADANO AND PROSCIUTTO DI SAN DANIELE

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Grana Padano is a medium fat hard Italian cheese with a rich, but not overpowering, flavour.

Around 1000 years ago, in the Po Valley in Italy, the Cistercian monks built Chiaravalle Abbey and began cultivating crops and rearing livestock. Food preservation techniques were not as advanced then as they are now, and fresh milk quickly went off. In a bid to help preserve surplus milk the monks developed the cheesemaking process that resulted in Grana Padano cheese. This technique preserved the nutritional properties of the milk, and the flavour only improved with maturation.

Prosciutto di San Daniele logoProsciutto di San Daniele is produced only in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region, in the hilly area around the town of San Daniele in the north-east of Italy.  It is made solely of the carefully selected meat of pigs born and bred in Italy and sea salt, dried by the winds blowing down from the Carnic Alps and the breezes coming in from the Adriatic Sea. It is a natural food product with no additives or preservatives of any kind.

Protected Designation of Origin logoBoth Grana Padano and Prosciutto di San Daniele have Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status, meaning that when you buy these products you can guarantee they were produced to the highest standards in their respective regions. Be sure to look out for the PDO mark when making your purchases.

Grana Padano Scrambled Eggs with Prosciutto di San Daniele Roses

What’s your favourite way to pair Grana Padano and Prosciutto di San Daniele? Do you have a Christmas-themed recipe you make that uses both ingredients? Let me know in the comments!

In the meantime, for more information and recipe inspiration for both products (they both have fascinating histories!), visit the Grana Padano and the Prosciutto di San Daniele websites.

Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas!

Grana Padano Scrambled Eggs with Prosciutto di San Daniele Roses
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5 from 3 votes

Grana Padano Scrambled Eggs with Prosciutto di San Daniele Roses

A simple yet elegant fuss-free one pan luxury breakfast recipe - perfect for Christmas morning!
Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time5 mins
Total Time45 mins
Servings: 2 servings
Author: Elizabeth

Ingredients

  • 3 slices Prosciutto di San Daniele
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 125 ml double cream
  • 4 free range eggs
  • 20 grams Grana Padano cheese plus extra, to garnish
  • fresh basil leaves to garnish

Instructions

  • Remove the Prosciutto di San Daniele from its packaging and bring to room temperature for 30 minutes.
  • Cut each slices of Prosciutto di San Daniele in half lengthwise, and carefully roll each half into a rose shape, fluting the edges to create petals, as you roll. Set aside while you prepare the eggs.
  • Heat a non-stick pan over a medium flame. Melt the butter, and when it is sizzling pour in the double cream.
  • Crack your eggs straight into the pan and sprinkle generously with grated Grana Padano cheese.
  • Scramble for a few minutes until they look like very wet scrambled eggs. Remove from them from the heat when they're still wet and transfer to a waiting serving plate. They will continue to cook while you prepare the rest of the meal.
  • Garnish with the Prosciutto di San Daniele roses and a few sprigs of fresh basil leaves. Serve immediately with extra Grana Padano cheese grated over the top, if desired.

 

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Comments

  20. It’s a lovely simple easy to prepare dish, just perfect for when I’ve spent so many hours in the kitchen this Christmas time, I shall be making this!

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  32. This sounds delicious – different to the smoked salmon and scrambled eggs that I normally have at Christmas.

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  43. This looks lush! The saltiness of the cheese really sets the scrambled eggs of well! I must admit I had some Parma ham (nearly the same thing) and Parmesan in the fridge so I made these for brunch after reading this! Total food envy!!

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  64. The recipe is easy to follow and very clear. I have all the ingredients in already over the festive period too.

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  83. I love the look of the scrambled egg its so yellow light and fluffy. Have often put cheese on mine in the past but never cured meat. This I must try x

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  88. This sounds so delicious. I love scrambled eggs in the morning, it is always my go to when I have enough time to sit and eat breakfast!

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  92. i love cured meats and have them for starters if available, i have never had them with scrambled egg though! would love this 🙂

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  96. It combines two of my favourite things, with the scrambled eggs and the prosciutto, but the addition of the Gran Padano really takes it to a different level – Bellissimo…..

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  103. Not a big fan of having my eggs scrambled have to admit I love a runny yolk but GP is a fab cheese and I eat copious amounts of ham any which way I can find it!

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  110. This would be a perfect light lunch for me rather than breakfast……wonder if I could emulate the presentation !

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  115. It looks delicious! I like experimenting with scrambled eggs and quite often add spinach and prawns, so I will try this next time

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  117. Looks and sounds fabulous, wonder if other half can be persuaded to cook it for me – now that would be decadent!

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  142. Sounds easy enough to make but looks almost too good to eat! Will have to give it a go for breakfast sometime.

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  148. Wow that looks delicious, I will have to give this recipe a go! Breakfast is the most important meal of the day after all 🙂

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  192. I think this recipe sounds lovely and i bet it tastes amazing too i really want to try it even though i’m a terrible cook.

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  193. I love scrambled eggs and ham, but I’d rather have it for a light lunch than a Christmas day breakfast – I wouldn’t want rich, filling food when the huge feast is coming up later in the day

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  198. Oooh I love a good cheesy scrambled egg, though mine are usually quite inconsistent (and certainly not so beautifully presented!).. will have to try that cooking technique next time

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  207. I am half Italian and for some reason it has never occurred to me to use an Italian hard cheese in my scrambled eggs. I have used cheddar and mushrooms and when I was living with a housemate from India we made Indian scrambled eggs. I will be trying this recipe over the weekend. Not sure how this will go down with parma ham connoisseurs, but I have been known to grill prosciutto, it takes a second and is quite delicious.

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  229. Sounds absolutely delicious. Only ever had scrambled eggs on their own or with salmon. But really want to try this now.

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  245. This recipe sounds fab. I’ve made my scrambled eggs with creme fraiche before but not with double cream. If I can find it here in Portugal then I’ll try it out. We love scrambled eggs and often have them with smoked salmon x

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  253. This is such a good idea for Christmas morning! We usually just eat sweets and chocolate all morning which is so bad!! I always put cheese in my scrambled eggs so will have to try this brand 🙂

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  254. I love having scrambled eggs for breakfast but I never thought to add Prosciutto! I will definitely give this a try as I imagine it’s delicious!

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  256. Oh this looks delicious ! Something different for us to try this Christmas ,seems simple enough too – especially since the kids should be busy seeing what Santa brought,I should have the time to try this out! Fab

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  263. It’s actually the opposite for my mom and myself on Christmas morning. Neither of us typically eat breakfast, so it has sort of become a tradition that we have a nice big breakfast on Christmas morning. Usually consisting of eggs (over easy), toast, sausage, bacon, and potatoes.

    I have to say though, this looks absolutely delicious! Over easy eggs are my favorite, but I absolutely love scrambled eggs as well. I also really like prosciutto and never even thought of combining the two. Thanks for sharing this! I’m going to bookmark this so I can try it sometime.

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  266. The right Prosciutto is a game changer. I wish I could get these prosciutto here but maybe they will start to import these to Goa sooner or later. They just started to sell other cold cuts, so who knows if I am going to get lucky before Christmas! =D If I do I am making this for breakfast.

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  271. Such a lovely idea for a Christmas morning breakfast. With delicious ingredients, yet easy to make and fuss free. The Prosciutto di San Daniele pairs so well with the scrambled eggs. Satisfying enough to keep you going all day until the Christmas feast.

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