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.
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.
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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
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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
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 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.
Both 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.
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
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
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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.
Environmental Information
- One year ago: Luxury Eggs Benedict with Smoked Salmon & Tobiko
- Two years ago: Beer Glazed Roast Iron Age Pork Sausages
- Three years ago: Chocolate Hazelnut Layer Cake
- Four years ago: Spiced Apple Muffins
- Five years ago: St. Ninian’s Beach, Shetland
- Six years ago: Felted Christmas Holly Wreath Craft Project
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Looks fantastic
It sounds absolutely delicious, will be putting the ingredients on this weeks shopping list 🙂 Happy New Year
It looks like a perfect weekend breakfast
It lookd tasty and now too taxing for a cooking beginner 🙂
This looks like my kind of breakfast! I wish I had more enthusiasm to make things like this.
looks delicious
Looks delicious and easy to do x
It sounds delicious! I am very tempted to try it out in the new year….
It sounds satisfying & easy to make such a visibly impressive dish!
My favourite cheese , perfect with soft scrambled eggs, delicious
Looks lovely, something I would really enjoy
sounds nice x
Soon tasty! It’s going to be our New Years breakfast! Perfect for bringing in 2018!
It looks very tasty, a nice simple breakfast
perfect – looks simple enough!
I think it sounds lovely ans I will try it out.
Lovely recipe hope to try it soon
This looks really elegant, I doubt my try would look that good!
This recipe sounds delicious are great way to jazz up traditional scrambled eggs
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!
Looks lovely, something I would really enjoy
I will be trying this!
Looks easy to follow and deliciously tasty.
looks good but not that different to how I make scrambled eggs anyway
Looks lovely
Sounds delicious.
Love having cheese with eggs, and the proscuitto with it would be a real treat
I think it sounds lovely and definitely something my partner and I would like to try x
The recipe is great but works better with about 1/3rd less cheese in it.
The recipe works great but for me it tastes better if you reduce the amount of cheese by about 1/3rd.
This looks really yummy 😀
This sounds delicious – different to the smoked salmon and scrambled eggs that I normally have at Christmas.
it looks simply delicious, my kind of breakfast
makes my mouth water, very tasty
Looks fantastic!
This looks AMAZING. Yum
Looks nice and tasty its healthy and filling
Will have to give this a try, it will make a change from smokjed salmon
It sounds fantastic – I am not a lover of smoked salmon so this would be fab!
Looks delicious!
It looks delicious, even though I don’t like cheese, so I’d try to adapt it…
Sounds gorgeous
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!!
Sounds like my sort of treat 🙂
Looks like just my kind of meal – quick, simple and tasty xx
Love this recipe.. I know my Nonna would love it.
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This is a beautiful and mouth watering recipe, I love it!
looks gorgeous, and so simple
Yum yum
Looks good, I think I had better try and make it!
I think that recipe looks delicious. I have never added cream to scrambled egg
never tried cheese in scrambled egg but i sure will be trying it at lunch time because my son will love this recipe
This looks lovely. I’m a carbs-addict so would probably add some buttered brown toast on the side too.
looks great going to try this as soon as possible
Wow this looks incredble. I can’t wait to try this recipe
Looks tasty and high in protein
This looks fantastic I would so enjoy it all. Very tasty
Looks amazingly delicious
Looks nice with some fresh cobs
I think it sounds delicious.
Sounds good to me!
It looks stunning
It sounds amazing and yet simple. May very well be tempted to try it.
The recipe is easy to follow and very clear. I have all the ingredients in already over the festive period too.
Just love it – goopd simple ingredients
I think it sounds simple, delicious and love that it includes basil – one of my favourite herbs to use.
It looks delicious. My daughter might even like it and she is so picky 🙂
This recipe sounds and looks delicious
looks yummy yes please
I think it looks delicious and so more more than the usual standard fare I offer the family
Cant wait to try it :0)
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It looks good!
Eggs and ham is a classic combo, but I think you’ve elevated to something more exciting.
The photos make it look delicious and it sounds quite simple to do too. Yummy!
This sounds delicious!
looks very tasty – must try this soon
It sounds delicious and looks beautiful!
My mouths watering at the thought of trying.
sounds lovely would love to try it not thought of doing those together yum
It sounds delicious!
Simple but effective! Perfect brunch recipe!
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
Looks lovely, I do love a bit of scrambled egg for warm, quick tea and would never say no to a bit of cheese!
I’ve never made anything like this before but it does look interesting. I think it would be good as a late breakfast, or brunch
This looks gorgeous! Definitely need to give this one a try!
It sounds delicious
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!
looks lovely
I think it looks delicious – will be giving it a try 🙂
It looks really tasty
i love cured meats and have them for starters if available, i have never had them with scrambled egg though! would love this 🙂
This looks so good!
absolutely spot on
Looks so simple and delicious
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…..
Absolutely Delish!!
Sounds delicious
It looks delicious! I absolutely want to try it, breakfast is my fave meal of the day.
It looks delicious, a perfect combination
I think they sound delightful and a recipe that the whole family would enjoy, which is always a bonus.
it looks tasty
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!
Looks easy to do but tasty
I think it sounds and looks amazing .x
Great recipe I will be giving this a try 🙂
Looks delicious! Wish I had seen it sooner so that we could’ve had it for Christmas eve breakfast. Thinking of doing it on New years day, start the year off right!
Looks like one of those simple dishes that is a taste sensation.
Looks delicious
This would be a perfect light lunch for me rather than breakfast……wonder if I could emulate the presentation !
Nice easy recipe to try and yet very tasty indeed.
Quick, easy & deliciou
This recipe looks delicious
It looks delicious x
It looks delicious! I like experimenting with scrambled eggs and quite often add spinach and prawns, so I will try this next time
Looks yummy, I could eat it right now
Looks and sounds fabulous, wonder if other half can be persuaded to cook it for me – now that would be decadent!
looks very tasty and alternative to my noral smoked slamon and sacrambled eggs
That looks so good! I might have some mushrooms with it.
This looks absolutely amazing, sure if i tried it would look for the the bin
This looks great – would be a fantastic weekend breakfast!
Right up my street. I’d have some tomatoes with it too.
Nom nom nom
Looks very tasty and worth trying
Sounds delightful!
is one I`ve not tried before but am interested in trying it out – thanks
It looks delicious
I think its fab.. easy and sounds tasty!
looks and sounds yummy will give it a go
It’s a perfect treat-day recipe.
It sounds yummy and nice and simple!
This recipe sounds delicious! It’s definitely something I would cook for myself
Looks very tasty! Scrambled eggs are my favourite type of eggs.
Looks delicious, perfect for someone else to make for me as a morning treat!
Sounds like a tasty combo
Looks and sounds amazing, tasty take on bacon and eggs
Looks yummy, I can’t even boil an egg never mind scramble them
looks amazing
Tasty tasty very very tasty
Looks delicious – a healthy kind of snack as well
It sounds all very delicious.
Sounds easy enough to make but looks almost too good to eat! Will have to give it a go for breakfast sometime.
Right up my street – anything with cheese wins every time
looks very yummy 🙂
Looks lovely I like the presentation look like rose flowers !
Seems Delicious! Will be requesting this treat from my fiancé.
this recipe is definitely something i could whip up for the family!
Wow that looks delicious, I will have to give this recipe a go! Breakfast is the most important meal of the day after all 🙂
A nice continental twist on traditional egg and bacon. Looks tasty too
I’d like to try it
I love the sound of the recipe 🙂 those eggs look absolutely amazing, so light and fluffy and delicious!
Recipe looks very tasty and might have to try this sometime
It sounds delicious!
It looks amazing.
Ham and egg, just fancy
I do like cheesy scrambled egg, so would be very happy to try this version. Looks good.
I think it sounds lovely. I could imagine having it for brunch on a special occasion.
It looks delicious and the sort of food I’d like to try myself 🙂
Sounds completely delicious
sounds great
Looks delicious and something I could actually follow.
Hmm delicious
We do a similar thing but cut up and quickly fry off the Prosciutto before serving on the scrambled eggs!
making me feel hungry
Well, it’s made me very hungry!!! 🙂
looks delicious
An interesting take on the classic ham and eggs
I think it sounds delicious! I can’t wait to try it. Big cheese lover here
This recipe looks delicious and will work very well for breakfast or lunch!
The recipe sounds delicious!
Looks tasty. Can’t wait to try 🙂
a great recipe. I’ve never tried prosciutto
Such a simple but lovely looking recipe, thanks for sharing.
My boyfried would absolutley love this. What a real treat.
Looks delicious and something I could actually follow.
would like to try it
sounds nice will have to try it myself
sounds great
Looks & Sounds amazing, would so eat this!
great recipe with some of my favourite things!
This sounds utterly delicious
looks yummy…would love to try it.
It would make a simple but tasty brunch
A really tasty meal. But I would have it for Sunday Brunch rather than Christmas breakfast.
Ooh yummy! This looks absolutley amazing, I can’t wait to try it! 🙂
looks tasty
It sounds very nice
Definitely good winter fuel.
unfortunately Cholesterol means I have to avoid large portions.
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this looks so tasty, im going to have to give this a try x
Looks amazing, would love to win!
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.
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
Love the sound of this recipe! And the styling is amazing, love the presentation!
This looks lovely, I would love to have this on a lazy Sunday morning for brunch
yummy yum
This looks delicious!
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
Recipe sounds yummy me and my girls would love it
very tasty
Think my family would love this, quick and easy too
Really a wonderful idea for this Christmas morning breakfast. It’s so easy to make with all delicious ingredients. Enough to keep you hunger-free all day until the feast.
It looks simple.. tasty & quick to make.. I’m sure my lot would like it
Sounds really nice
This sound yummy,I could eat that easily any time of the day.
I don’t think you can beat scrambled eggs for brunch, but never tried it with cheese before!
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.
Sound delicious but also quick and easy
Right up my street! Morish, it’s something that I would order in a restaurant!
It looks yummy – I make rubbish scrambled eggs though so might be one for the hubby!
Looks great guys – what a good idea to put cheese in scrambled eggs
Tasty brunch
This recipe looks so tempting. It makes me feel hungry just by looking at it.
Low carb so great for diabetics 🙂
I think it sounds fab
Sounds great
This looks absolutely delicious! I definitely need to give it a go. 🙂
The scrambled eggs look fanastic
Great for brunch
Love it! My kind of food
god it sounds lovely its making me very hungry
scrummy
Sounds delicious.
looks absolutely delicious
It looks amazing!
like the recipe love ingredients, for al the family x
Looks simple but tasty – a winning combination! I imagine the cheese would add something a bit special to the eggs!
Sounds delicious
Sounds absolutely delicious. Only ever had scrambled eggs on their own or with salmon. But really want to try this now.
Easy but effective. the roses sounded difficult at first but \i think it would just need a bit of practice
If it tastes as good as it looks it will be wonderful
I think it sounds fab – definitely one I’ll be trying out for myself!
Looks really delicious and yummy
It looks absolutely delicious!! Definitely going to give it a try
This sounds delicious!
Inspired and excitin.
This looks and sounds delicious! I must give it a go!
I think they would go together perfectly
Seems fairly straightforward, so as a novice I will give it a try……
It looks amazing, I love scrambled eggs and prosciutto so this is a perfect combo especially with the added cheese
Looks delicious – love the rose-shapes!
I love scrambled eggs so I am sure I would love this recipe. Looks yummy.
This looks delicious. Definitely going to try it.
These sound absolutely delicious. I’ve only started eating scrambled eggs so this is perfect for me to try out a different kind of recipe to have.
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
This looks like my kinda of breakfast and a Buck’s Fizz to wash it down for me
There’s something about this that just reminds me of school exchanges to Europe! Looks like a yummy, filling breakfast option 🙂
Oh wow the presentation looks amazing! My stepdad would absolutely love this.
Oh yum, this sounds like the perfect breakfast. I love how pretty the little roses are, almost too cute to eat…..almost.
Katie xoxo
These scrambled eggs look delicious! They look so fluffy. I enjoy cheese with my eggs so need to try out this recipe
Me & Miss GF are Prosciutto addicts…… I think I could happily eat this for breakfast every day xxx
I’ve just been getting more into scrambled eggs and this combination sounds tasty x
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 🙂
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!
What a delicious twist on the traditional bacon and eggs! Can’t wait to give this one a try : )
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
This looks like a delicious meal and it doesn’t take long to make at all. Yum!
Oh wow such pretty presentation. I love how you have made roses from the ham x
I love scrambled egg on everything and it looks tasty teamed up with the Prosciutto di San Daniele. Yes please 🙂
Its a lovely looking dish and one I think most people would really enjoy.
I love scrambled eggs and this recipe looks so delicious. I love adding grana padano and prosciutto de san daniele to risotto! Yummy!
This is my type of breakfast! Yum
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.
Mmmm, I can just imagine how divine those eggs taste. Perfect for Christmas morning 🙂
This looks like a really fun way to get the day started! Looks like a really simple recipe for something so jam packed with flavour
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.
This looks so good! And I am with you, simple and delicious is the way to go on Christmas morning when you know you’re going to be doing a ton of cooking later in the day.
Cheese in scrambled egg is SO good. This would make the Christmas breakfast, it looks totally delicious!
My kind of breakfast! It looks delicious and filling.
A simple Christmas breakfast sounds perfect. With the kids bouncing off the walls, its about all I can handle! Ha ha. Love your “roses” and the texture of the eggs looks perfect.
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.
I am such a fan of Prosciutto di San Daniele – that I cant wait to actually make this myself 🙂
This is perfect! I’ve never placed cheesr into my scrambled egg so will definitely need to try out this recipe. Thanks!