On Sunday mornings, we’re often in the mood for brunch. To enjoy yourself, we opt for sweet and savory preparations. Thus, croissants, chocolate fondant and pancakes mix deliciously with club sandwiches, wraps with breaded goat’s cheese and asparagus with Hollandaise sauce. And for a brunch to truly be one, you must not forget the avocado toast accompanied by its faithful steed: poached egg. It’s a Sunday morning essential that we sometimes have a hard time making. Even with all our good will, there are days when it is either overcooked or undercooked and therefore inevitably ends up breaking when removed from its boiling water bath.
But then, how to make a poached egg every time ? Fortunately, there is a very simple technique which allows you to obtain a perfectly runny yolk with each attempt. And we owe this tip to the food influencer nicknamed Bienmangervaveclydie on Instagram. Besides, here it is.
How to make a poached egg every time? The very simple and super effective tip
On a toast or in a salad, the poached egg is ideal. This cooking of the egg brings a gourmet touch to the recipes. A simple salad will instantly make us want more if it’s topped with a poached egg. Same thing for a soup, it will add a more gourmet dimension to our plate. So, whenever the mood strikes us, we would like to be able to prepare a poached egg in no time and slip it into our recipes, but in reality, it is often more complicated than that. So to make things easier for us, the culinary content creator known on Instagram under the nickname Bienmangervaveclydie had a genius idea.
To make your poached egg a success every time, the cook advises you to use muffin molds. Equip yourself with silicone molds, you can easily find them in stores, and break your eggs inside. Then drop them off in a pan that you will heat over medium heat. Pour water halfway up the mussels muffins. Season your eggs with a little salt then cover until the whites set. Count approximately more or less 2 to 3 minutes. And there you have it, now you will never miss a poached egg again and your brunches will be even more successful!
What is the difference between a soft-boiled egg and a poached egg?
Although they look a little similar, a soft-boiled egg is very different from a poached egg. The first is cooked in boiling water with its shell, which presents a big difference, because its consistency will be more compact. The white will be thicker and the yellow a little less runny. The poached egg is cooked in boiling vinegared water without its shell. Thus, the white will be quite thin, almost translucent in certain places, which explains its fragility. The yolk will be extremely runny. You must therefore be careful when cooking a poached egg.