Baked Egg-in-a-Hole

Ingredients

• 1 slice bacon 
• 0.3 teaspoon pepper black freshly ground
• 4 large eggs 
• 1 teaspoon sage fresh chopped
• 4 ounce multigrain bread lightly toasted
• 0.3 ounce pecorino romano cheese fresh grated

Equipment

• frying pan
• oven
• cookie cutter

Directions

1. Position an oven rack in the middle setting.
2. Place a jelly-roll pan on rack. Preheat oven to 40
3. Place bacon on heated pan, and cook until crisp (about 4 minutes); crumble.
4. Cut a hole into the center of each toast using a 3-inch biscuit cutter or round cookie cutter. Reserve cutouts.
5. Arrange bread slices on hot pan; crack one egg into each hole.
6. Sprinkle eggs evenly with crumbled bacon, cheese, and sage.
7. Bake at 400 for 5 minutes or until egg whites are set.
8. Sprinkle with pepper, and serve with toast cutout.