Soft-boiled Eggs
Ingredients
Directions
Place the eggs in a warm saucepan and cover the eggs with boiling water.
Let them stand in a hot place for 10 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
- The main ingredient; the heat sets the white and softens the yolk as they stand in hot water.
The step that matters
Let the eggs stand without boiling. Keeping the water just below a boil lets the heat set the white gently while the yolk stays soft. A rolling boil would overcook the eggs and make them rubbery.
“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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