Wrong-Direction
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All about the poached
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[Misc] Who makes the second best scrambled eggs in the World?
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albionfan37
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Dog sick
Machiavelli
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With you there. Unusually I had one this morning, but it's probably my favourite way to eat eggs.
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In many ways, I agree. I just can't get them right - my technique never quite works perfectly.
Sling on yesterday’s clothes. No big deal.
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Go on then - technique?
Wrong-Direction
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Mine used to be ok and then I got these..
Stick boiling water in pan, crack egg into rubber cup and place in water, put lid on a simmer for five mins or so, use spoon to ease poached egg out of cup
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A technique that I find works well for poached eggs is bring the pan to the boil. Turn heat down to very low , let the boiling subside. Using a long handled tea spoon stir up a vortex in the water, drop eggs in. Leave for 3 mins.
Usually come out pretty perfect with very little white loss.
Usually come out pretty perfect with very little white loss.
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Tried this. The eggs clump together if you put more than one in the same vortex; and it's impossible to make more than one vortex per pan (and I'm not having one pan per egg). Also, if you're making four poached eggs, the cooking time could be as much as a minute different between first and last, which, in the context of 3 minutes is a BIG difference. So, you have to keep an eye on which egg went in when - which is hard when they're all swirling around in a vortex.
No wine vinegar??
Hang on - how did a thread celebrating my scrambled egg making genius become one mocking my poached egg failures?
Machiavelli
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It's changed of late. Pan nearly full of (very) slow boiling water, with salt and vinegar added. Crack egg, stir to make 'whirlpool', drop egg in. Cook for three (or so) minutes. On to buttered sourdough toast, Maldon sea salt, few grinds of black pepper (and sometimes truffle oil). Redbush tea and Rancilio-made coffee to wash down. Looks like this is none too dissimilar from [MENTION=33848]The Clamp[/MENTION]
Machiavelli
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I'm a one egg pan man. Not sure what that's a euphemism for, but I'm sure certain others can think of something.
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One egg at a time then? What if you want to make four?
EDIT: just seen your other post. So for four poached eggs, you'd either have them in sequence, or have four pans on the go??
dadams2k11
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Crack egg in cling film, tie a knot, in to boiling water for 3/4 mins, jobs a gooden. Don't waste time with vinegar and making a whirlpool....
I’ve done up to three eggs at once using this method with good results. I don’t think eggs are for you. Have you considered veganism
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Ha. Now that's interesting.
Confession: isn't any method that removes the egg from contact with the water - yours and [MENTION=26444]Wrong Direction[/MENTION]'s, for example, not really "poaching", more "coddling"? Nothing wrong with that - and they are both methods I will try in future - but with some guilt about calling them poached eggs...
How is stirring some water more time consuming than trying to tie a raw egg into cling film? Plus you’re coddling that egg, not poaching.
Sorry, not well mixed and under cooked in my opinion, nice try 7 / 10
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I’ve done up to three eggs at once using this method with good results. I don’t think eggs are for you. Have you considered veganism
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