Soft Boiled Egg
Ingredients
Directions
Pour 1 pint of boiling water into a heated vessel.
Add 1 egg to the water.
Cover tightly and let it sit for 4 minutes.
Maintain an even temperature of the water during this time.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Egg
- Sets the white and yolk to a soft, tender texture as it cooks gently in hot water.
The step that matters
Maintain an even temperature of the water during this time.. Steady heat keeps the white set while the yolk stays runny. Fluctuating temperature can overcook the outside of the egg or leave the inside underdone, so the timing becomes unreliable.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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