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I served these, too. I think I must use salty ham, because I don't add any cheese, and they're anything but bland.

Also, I make them in the giant muffin tin, but use extra ham and only one egg. I get less burned edges (some guests didn't like that) and the egg cooks more evenly - more of a poached result than the hard-boiled type result.

And maybe it's me, but even with non-stick spray or oil, I always seem to have one "leaker" who just doesn't want to leave the pan in one piece. So I always make a few extra, serve the nicest looking ones, and the rest are breakfast or lunch for whoever (family) grabs them. DH is eating a very tasty breakfast right now - same as the guests, only doesn't look as nice (apparently, it tastes just fine).

We had this for breakfast today, using the basic recipe. They came out beautifully. Served them in the center of the plate with a wedge of toast at the 12:00 and 6:00 positions and a wedge of hashbrown potatoes at the 3:00 and 9:00 positions.

The bites that included some tomato were delicious. Otherwise they're mostly tasteless so next time we make them we'll try some of the variations (Hollandaise, sour cream, sauteed onions, etc.)

Thinking of eating a hard-boiled egg, I know that adding some butter makes that a lot better, so I might try adding a little butter, maybe some garlic powder too, to give a little more taste.

Also, I think adding the grated Parmesan after taking them out of the oven might look better. By adding it before the bake as we did today, it just melted and completely disappeared. By adding it after the bake, it would still soften and melt some from the internal heat, but you could see it as cheese.

Definite winner!

Made these this morning and they came out like hard-boiled eggs wrapped in ham. Is that what everyone else gets? The guests loved them but I think they should have been a little less cooked.

I made these today and they were delicious and SO pretty!  I just love the way the edges of the ham come out sort of "fluted".

I made them with a standard muffin tin and did 2 tarts per person which seemed to be plenty.  I scrambled the eggs with sour cream, salt, pepper, minced onion, and diced American cheese.

If you do the eggs scrambled they will puff up a bit so don't overfill the cups...I did and the excess egg just ran down the sides which made getting them out of the tin a little harder but they still came out nice.

I served with home fries, toast and fruit.  Guests loved 'em!

I make these as well, in the bottom I put a mixture of sauted onions and mushrooms mixed with sour cream.  Our guests love them.  I too have let them slip from rotation, but have guests coming for 2 weeks so am sure they will make it back in. 

I serve them with oven roasted potatoes and a tomato salsa (usually pico de gallo).

could you scramble the egg instead?  they look pretty!

I have made these before, but somehow had them slip out of my rotation.  The larger slice ham works the best along with 2 eggs, for a nice healthy portion - I rather have some left on the plate than some one looking around for more. 

YUM!  I am going to make these this weekend! 

When you said the eggs were "cooked through", does that mean they were not runny (or gross jiggly...)??  I cannot eat eggs that are not firm but these look super yummy!

Is a piece of Canadian bacon good for the ham part of it?  I'm thinking that would be a good size for my muffin tins (regular size).  

I did.  Today.

My first guinea pigs this morning.  My problem was I forgot I have the super sized muffin tins!  So I used two pieces of ham and it kinda slid in and made a little frame around the egg tighter than I had wanted it (enveloped it).  That was fine of course, but they presented smaller, so I had to serve two per person, so the ones I myself was going to try were eaten by guests.  Eggs cooked through, looked very nice on the plate.  I used a slided romano on top.  The guests really enjoyed them!

So next time I use bigger slices of ham and two eggs per cup!  They were so easy I really think they are cool!

 These look very elegant and better yet, easy!  Let us know if you try them.  Two per person seems like it would be nice for a plated breakfast.