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Eggs Poached in Red Wine: Best Hangover Dish Ever
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Eggs Poached in Red Wine: Best Hangover Dish Ever

Oeufs en couille d’âne (aka donkey ball eggs) for New Year's Day

Jason Wilson
Dec 28, 2021
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I never thought that my recent trip to the Loire Valley would result in the ideal New Year’s Day hangover dish. But here we are, with a newsletter about oeufs en couille d’âne, eggs poached in red wine. It’s a specialty of the Berry region (which includes Sancerre) and translates roughly to “donkey ball eggs” — I guess because they look like…a donkey’s …

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