2 posts tagged “cooking”
Hi,
I have launched my own website. Take a look!
http://practicallyperfect.org/
There are more recipes with step by step photos to make cooking easy and tasty.
You can also share your own recipes.
Happy cooking!
Pauline
I am going to start at the beginning, with my very first recipe. And each week I shall add to the list of recipes. I am hoping that as the weeks go by the recipes will get more difficult or at least appear more sophisticated. So for those of you that are more of a whizz in the kitchen please come back in the Spring, and for the kids, students and those that have just not really give cooking a chance, welcome!
This week I am going to concentrate on soft boiled eggs and toast. This is typically prepared for breakfast but can really be enjoyed at any time of day. Depending on how hungry you are have 1 egg or 2, and 1 piece of toast or 2 (I used pitta bread this time since this is what I had in the fridge). You will also need butter (salted or unsalted, whichever you prefer) and some salt and pepper to add as you wish.
- Add some cold water into a deep pan (add enough water to cover the eggs plus a little more)
- Bring the water to a boil
- Place an egg onto a tablespoon and lower it down carefully into the boiling water. Do this with each egg.
- Set the timer and boil the egg(s) for 5 1/2 minutes.
- With 2 1/2 minutes to go put your bread in the toaster.
- Remove the eggs from the water with the teaspoon.
- Butter your toast
- Enjoy! I like to tap the top of the egg open with a teaspoon, and put a little salt in there. Here's one I made earlier :o]
5 1/2 minutes should produce a perfectly cooked egg, with the yellow bit still runny - but be careful you must remove the eggs promptly at 5 1/2 minutes otherwise you will have to call them hard boiled eggs!. I also find that the eggs tend to keep cooking even out of the water so eat them quickly :o]
If you live in the mountains, the eggs will take longer to cook (something to do with the boiling temperature of water at higher altitude). I invite you to experiment!
A little trick I like to do in hotels is to turn the eggs upside down once I am done eating them. It does make me giggle looking at the slightly confused waiters!
Happy cooking,
Pauline
