Meanings
- pluralsingularA variation of eggs Benedict with spinach, sometimes in place of bacon.
There are hundreds of recipes based on poached eggs. The recipe here is for eggs Florentine, a classic in which the eggs nestle in a bed of creamed spinach.
1998 January 14, Barbara Kafka, “A Way to Poach Eggs to Perfection”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Jan 20112 more examples
If your eggs Florentine have chalky yolks, or if your dessert crêpe tastes oddly of oregano, well, so what? This is not destination dining; you’ve got places to be.
2011 June 16, Lila Byock, “Lina Frey”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 May 2025For that [a social occasion] he prefers the Brooklyn outpost of Cafe Mogador, where he orders an “Über-breakfast” of pancakes, eggs Florentine, avocado, and bacon.
2013 September 27, Molly Young, “‘It Was the Biggest Game of Chicken I’ve Ever Seen.’”, in New York, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2013
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