RE: How do you like your eggs?
March 23, 2014 at 12:07 pm
(This post was last modified: March 23, 2014 at 12:08 pm by Whateverist.)
Scrambled. It is the easiest way to cook eggs without ruining them. So ordering them out will be safer than any other preparation.
But it is also the way I cook them but I know how to make them perfect. I got a lesson from a cook at Chez Panisse restaurant. You just want to start with a really hot skillet. Have the eggs well whipped together with cold milk or water. (I tend to use 1/2 and 1/2, but he swears cold water would be as good). Place a generous gob of butter in a corner of the pan where it can pool without browning. When it is melted, quickly swish the butter across the pan and immediately add the eggs. As the pan side of the eggs get a little firm draw them to the center of the pan so more uncooked egg can get a turn. I like to flip it over once briefly but the eggs should be plated just before the eggs are completely cooked. They'll finish cooking in their own heat on the plate. Butter makes everything better.
But it is also the way I cook them but I know how to make them perfect. I got a lesson from a cook at Chez Panisse restaurant. You just want to start with a really hot skillet. Have the eggs well whipped together with cold milk or water. (I tend to use 1/2 and 1/2, but he swears cold water would be as good). Place a generous gob of butter in a corner of the pan where it can pool without browning. When it is melted, quickly swish the butter across the pan and immediately add the eggs. As the pan side of the eggs get a little firm draw them to the center of the pan so more uncooked egg can get a turn. I like to flip it over once briefly but the eggs should be plated just before the eggs are completely cooked. They'll finish cooking in their own heat on the plate. Butter makes everything better.
