10.14.2007

My Perfectly Hardboiled Egg

4 comments:

MC said...

I'm more than jealous! I prepare boiled eggs all the time for myself, and have yet to find any consistency in my approach. Sometimes they're runny, sometimes they're hard as rocks. What's your secret, my friend?

Erk said...

Here's my method:
-Bring egg to room temperature (you can force this by giving it a warm-water bath).
-Bring water to a light boil.
-Poke a tiny neat hole in one end of the egg (I use a pin which I keep in the kitchen just for this purpose. You could also use a proper cake tester if, unlike me, you have such a thing).
-Ease egg into boiling water.
-Boil for 9-10 minutes. Boil longer (12-13 min.) if the velvety center of my perfectly hardboiled egg doesn't appeal to you.
-Spoon egg out of the hot water and drop it into an ice-water bath. This prevents the outside of the yolk from turning gray.

MC- Let me know if this works for you!

MC said...

And for a soft boiled egg is it just a matter of boiling for a few minutes less? I like the entire yolk to be like the center of the one you have pictured.

MC said...

oh, and....thank you!