To Poach Eggs
Ingredients
Directions
Fill a skillet with water and bring it to a boil.
Crack one egg at a time into the boiling water.
Use a spoon to gently pour water over the eggs until they are cooked to your liking.
For a nicer presentation, use an egg poacher with rings to hold the eggs in shape.
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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Eggs
- Egg white sets around the yolk in hot water, forming the poached shape.
The step that matters
Pouring water over the eggs. Egg white near the yolk sets gradually in hot water. Spooning water over the top helps the white cover the yolk and cook evenly, while the yolk stays soft if the water is kept just below a rolling boil.
“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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