Soft Boiled Eggs
Ingredients
Directions
Place fresh eggs in a warm saucepan.
Pour boiling water over them.
Cover lightly and let stand on the far side of the stove for five minutes.
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
- Fresh eggs
- Set into a soft, runny-yolked texture when gently heated by the hot water.
The step that matters
Letting the eggs stand covered for five minutes. The eggs keep cooking from residual heat after the water is poured, so timing controls how far the white and yolk set. Covering helps hold the heat steady, and standing away from the burner prevents the water from heating further and overcooking the eggs.
“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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