Soft Cooked Dipping Eggs Food

DIPPY EGGS

Steps:

• Toast the slice of bread and when toasted, butter it and slice into strips. The toast should be fairly firm.
• In the meantime boil a saucepan of water. Add the egg to the boiling water with a spoon the moment it starts to boil. Boil the egg for exactly 5 minutes.
• Then remove the egg from the water with a spoon and place under a stream of cold water to stop it cooking further.
• Take the top of the egg (the non-pointy end) off with a knife and teaspoon, and place a pinch of salt on the top of the runny egg yolk.
• Serve up in an egg cup together with the soldiers on a plate.

SOFT-COOKED DIPPING EGGS

Steps:

• 1. Place the eggs in a single layer in a deep saucepan with enough water to cover eggs at at least an inch.
• 2. Bring water to a boil over high heat. Immediately remove pan from heat to stop boiling. Cover the saucepan and let eggs stand in water for 2 to 4 minutes until cooked as desired.
• 3. Drain the water and immediately run cold water over the eggs to cool them a bit. Place each egg into an egg cup.
• 4. Toast the bread and spread with butter. Cut toast into 1-inch strips.
• 5. Crack the tops off eggs with a knife. Salt and pepper eggs as desired. Serve toast strips with eggs for dipping into soft yolks.

SIMPLE SOFT-COOKED EGG WITH TOAST

Steps:

• Place egg in a small saucepan, and add enough cold water to cover by 1 inch. Bring to a boil. Cook for 3 minutes.
• Meanwhile, toast bread. Butter, and then cut in half diagonally. Remove egg from saucepan. Briskly tap wider end of egg with the back of a spoon until shell cracks. Remove the cracked top with the spoon. Season with salt and pepper, and serve with the toast.

PERFECT SOFT COOKED EGGS

Steps:

• 1. Set eggs out so they are not ice cold when you start to cook them.
• 2. Put enough water in a sauce pan to cover the eggs. Add the vinegar. The vinegar will prevent the eggs from seeping all over if they crack.
• 3. Bring water to a soft boil, and with a spoon lower the eggs in one at a time.
• 4. Set your timer immediately for 6 minutes exactly. Now would be a good time to start the toast or english muffins.
• 5. When 6 minutes are up, drain off water and fill pan with cold water.
• 6. Shell eggs by dipping in the colder water from time to time so you can handle them. I keep a paper towel handy to dry the egg a little before I put it on toast.
• 7. Put one egg on each slice of buttered toast.

BACON-CHEDDAR TWISTS WITH SOFT-COOKED EGGS

Steps:

• For the twists: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and spray lightly with nonstick spray.
• Whisk together the eggs, mustard and a splash of water until smooth; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Set aside.
• Dust a work surface with flour and roll out the puff pastry to a 10-by-14-inch rectangle with the shorter side facing you. Spread the cheese over the top half of the dough, then fold the bottom half over the cheese half and roll lightly to seal. Cut the dough vertically into 12 even strips; each strip will be slightly thinner than 1 inch.
• Place a bacon strip on each pastry strip and twist the pastry and bacon together. Place the twists on the prepared baking sheet, pressing down the ends. Brush the tops with some of the egg wash and sprinkle with salt and sesame seeds or poppy seeds (or both).
• Bake until the pastry is golden brown and the bacon is crisp, 12 to 15 minutes. Remove the baking sheet to a rack and let cool for 5 minutes before removing.
• For the eggs: Bring a small saucepan of water to a boil over medium-high heat; there should be enough water to cover the eggs by at least 1 inch. Using tongs, gently place eggs in the water and boil for 5 1/2 minutes for soft-cooked eggs; the whites will be set, but the yolks will be very runny.
• Transfer the saucepan to the sink, pour off most of the water, and then run under cold water for 30 seconds. Set the soft-boiled eggs in egg cups; use an egg topper to slice off the tops of the shells, or tap around the shells with a small spoon to break and peel off. Season lightly with salt and pepper, and serve with the twists for dipping in the yolks.

SOFT BOILED EGGS

Steps:

• Fill a medium sized saucepan with water and bring to a rolling boil.
• Make sure your eggs aren't fridge cold. By having the eggs at room temperature, it will be less of a shock for the egg reaching the hot water and therefore less likely to crack. You can also use an egg pricker to make a very small hole in each egg before boiling, which will also reduce the chances of it cracking in the heat. Slowly lower the eggs into the water using a spoon.
• Set your timer for 4-5 mins for runny/dippy eggs to serve with soldiers, or 6-7 mins for soft-boiled eggs for a salad. If serving in a salad, plunge the eggs into a bowl of cold water as soon as the timer goes off - this will stop them cooking and cool the shells quickly for peeling.