May's Bon Appetit, the Italy Issue, had a trick to poaching eggs I have been wanting to try. My parents have a special pan. I have a cheesy microwavable egg cup, but this seemed better...easier. Pour a 1/2 cup of water in a mug, drop in egg, cover with saucer and microwave for 1 minute. Sounds like a cinch.
Egg #1 - (1 min) (15 sec, 15 sec, 15 sec) It looked lovely after 1 minute but the white wasn't cooked all the way so I nuked it at 15 second intervals until I reached the point of no return. Half was well-well done and half was still runny...it went to my darling co-eaters [MacKenzie & Lucy a.k.a. my dogs].
Egg #2 - (1 min, 20 sec) When I slid my precious little microwaved egg onto a slotted spoon almost instantly the yolk exploded with a pop... A loud, LOUD pop! {I didn't realize they cooked from the inside out. Lame, I know...now} So I brushed yolk shrapnel off my face, out of my hair, off the front of my shirt and drudged over to the peanut gallery. I fed the egg bomb to Mac & Luc....since their first taste of gooey goodness have lost their ever-loving minds hoping that I fail and the eggs prevail! (See picture below)
Egg #3 - (1 min, 15 sec) [armed with an oven mitt ~ goalie style] Whites were done, yolks were way over done. Damn it! ... I swear the girls high pawed & snickered as I set down their bowls.
Egg #4 - (1 min, 10 sec) Ugh..really?! REally?! Atleast the toast was good. Now my furry angels are in a food coma, I'm snappy due to semi-starvation and we're out of eggs...frankly don't care if I see another edible orb in a while.
Actually, that's not true...I love eggs! I soon after left for the market.
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| Mac is laughing and Luc is rolling her eyes....can you see it? |
Mother-in-law's trick: Boil water in a saucepan then gently break eggs into water. When whites look firm remove with slotted spoon...perfect every time.
Lesson Learned - Microwaves don't make everything easier, sometimes they just force you to have to take another shower!
Finally I ate ~
ReplyDeleteThe night before I had sautéed some quartered brussel sprouts and leeks in a little bacon grease with some bacon crumbles so I pulled it out of the fridge and threw it on my George Foreman grill to crisp it up and drain any additional grease. I laid my perfectly poached eggs on the crunchy green bed and added a splash of Tapatio...it was incredible.
Crate and Barrel has silicone egg cups that you can use to make poached eggs in hot water too - follow the directions that come with it and they are perfect every time.
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