Soft-boiled Eggs
Ingredients
Directions
Place the eggs in a warm saucepan.
Cover the eggs with hot water.
Let them stand in the hot water for ten minutes without boiling.
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
- Eggs
- Provide the set structure; the yolk and white firm up as they cook, giving the dish its body.
The step that matters
Letting the eggs stand without boiling. Holding the eggs in hot water rather than at a rolling boil cooks the white gently while the yolk stays soft. Boiling would overcook the egg and make the yolk firm and chalky.
“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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