German

Strammer Max (Fried Egg and Ham on Buttered Bread)

Name: Strammer Max (Fried Egg and Ham on Buttered Bread)
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 2 rye bread; 2 cooked ham, thick slices; 2 eggs; 1 tbsp butter; 1 tbsp chives

Steffi @steffi_leipzig

Strammer Max (Fried Egg and Ham on Buttered Bread) is German home cooking, eaten at breakfast. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

10 min Easy

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

2 rye bread
2 cooked ham, thick slices
2 eggs
1 tbsp butter
1 tbsp chives

How to cook it

Spread the rye bread slices generously with the butter and lay a slice of ham over each.
Melt a little extra butter in a skillet over medium heat and fry the eggs for 3 to 4 minutes, until the whites are set and the yolks still soft.
Slide a fried egg onto each buttered slice, scatter the chives over the top, and eat open-faced with a knife and fork; a late-breakfast and brunch fixture, and one of the few German breakfasts with a real main.

Watch how to cook Strammer Max (Fried Egg and Ham on Buttered Bread)

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Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Strammer Max (Fried Egg and Ham on Buttered Bread) carries dairy, gluten, and eggs. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Strammer Max (Fried Egg and Ham on Buttered Bread)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	Yes	Backfisch (Pan-Fried Breaded Plaice)
Gluten	Yes	Bratkartoffeln (German Pan-Fried Potatoes)
Shellfish	No
Eggs	Yes	Abendbrot-Teller mit Putenschinken (Cold Evening Bread Plate with Turkey Ham)
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 260 kcal
Protein: 17 g
Carbs: 19 g
Fat: 13 g
Fiber: 3 g
Sugar: 2 g
Sodium: 510 mg
Saturated fat: 6 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Strammer Max (Fried Egg and Ham on Buttered Bread) takes about 10 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.