puffed eggs

This is what you need for 2-4 servings:

• 4 eggs
• a small pinch of salt

optional:

• 1 tsp Tartar Powder
  stabilizes beaten egg whites
• ¼ cup grated cheddar

• Preheat oven to 350 ºF.
• Separate the egg whites from the yolks.
• Set aside yolks without breaking them.
• Pour egg whites in a degreased bowl.
• Add a pinch of salt and optional tartar.
• Beat on low until throughout with bubbles; then beat on high until stiff peaks form.
• Optionally:
• carefully fold in the grated cheddar.
• Spoon the mixture into four piles on a buttered cookie sheet or foil. (Pic2)
• Depress the center with a spoon to make a pocket for the egg yolk.
• For hard-cooked yolk, carefully pour a yolk into each center now.
• Bake for 5 minutes.
• For softer yolk, add the yolk now.
• Bake 7 more minutes. (10 minutes total)
• Serve immediately.