Feb 112008
My friend Diane is trying to cut down the amount of fat in her diet and wanted to know how best to make a hard boiled egg as a substitute for fried. Here it is:
Shopping List:
- Spring Water (enough to cover the eggs in your saucepan & fill a cooling bath)
- Organic Eggs
Recipe:
- Place Spring Water in the Frig 8 hours before to cool down. If you don’t have 8 hours just add some ice. This is for the cooling bath.
- Place the eggs in a saucepan.
- Add Spring Water until the eggs are covered by 1/2 inch.
- Cover & turn the heat on high to bring to a boil.
- As soon as a boil is achieved keep covered & remove from the heat. Set the pan on a unheated burner on the back of the stove. Remember handles facing back so no young kids grab, spill & scald.
- Let sit for 12 minutes
- Pour Cold Spring Water in a medium mixing bowl (enough to submerge the eggs)
- Safely remove the eggs from the scalding water and transfer to the cold water bath in the mixing bowl. You must be safe, the scalding water and/or the hot eggs could severely burn you. If you can’t do this safely do not do it. I use a large metallic spoon with draining holes.
- Let the eggs sit in the cooling bath for 5 minutes.
- Remove eggs from the cooling bath onto a plate.
- For each egg, hit against the counter to break the shell and then roll the egg against the counter using the palm of your hand until all the shell is broken.
- Peel the shell from the egg.
- Add sea salt and fresh ground pepper to taste and serve immediately or store for later use in a safe fashion.
As with any recipe dealing with eggs you must handle and store these guys safely. Please follow the FDA Guidelines for Safety with Eggs.
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