- Place a heat-proof dish over medium-low heat. Add clarified butter and season with salt and pepper.

- Break eggs individually into a ramekin.

- Gently pour the egg into the heated dish.

- Allow to gently cook, then once the whites begin to set, place in a hot oven.

- Remove occasionally to baste with the hot butter.

- The whites should be barely set and the yolks runny.

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