Oeufs Sur le Plat Aubeurrede Montpellier

As an alternative to an omelet, oeufs sur le plat is just about the simplest meal on the menu in many a French café or bar. This dish of baked eggs is particularly good topped with a herb butter. Montpellier butter, is an enhanced herb butter named after the fine capital city of the Languedoc region. In Provence, this herb paste is blended solely with olive oil – no butter – and is known as la pommade verte. Montpellier butter also goes well with poached eggs – try the French