I would like to know the recommended best way to boil an egg so that the white is set and the yoke runny.
Thanks!
Gillian
I use Sara Moulton's method, that she simplified from Julia Child's method. Place large eggs in a saucepan and cover with water by a couple of inches. Cover. High heat until just boiling, remove from heat, leave covered. From there, it's a matter of time. I've never done them for runny yolks, but I'd guess maybe 5-6 minutes or so. A "soft" hardboiled egg is 9-10 minutes, totally cooked hardboiled egg is 11-12 minutes. Empty hot water and fill pan with cool water as soon as time is up. They always cook perfectly and never have a green ring or that sulfer smell.
I've been using a trick lately that I learned from Jacques Pepin. Shake, rattle and roll the eggs in the empty saucepan until the shells are well cracked, then fill with cool water and let sit for a few minutes. They have been peeling really easily, whether new or old eggs.
Medtrain's method is perfect. The time for soft boiled with a runny yolk and cooked white is 4 minutes. Crack the egg in half with the back of a
table knife and scoop out the halves with a tea spoon.
Or use an egg cup.
Since this is an egg thread, has anybody ever gathered duck eggs from wild ducks? By wild ducks, I mean Muscovy and hybrids with other true "wild" ducks. We have a pair that just insist on laying eggs in a spot next to our home. Craig has tried putting down rocks, bricks, taking the eggs away, shaking them up or freezing them so they won't hatch, our neighbor on that side has sprayed them with the hose, etc., but the female apparently thinks that spot is her idea of perfection. We've kind of been tossing around the idea of checking it out a couple of times a day and gathering the eggs to use. I know we'd have to chase them off to gather the eggs, but haven't really thought beyond that whether there would be any health risk, how different they would taste, etc. I suspect she'll be laying soon given how I've seen the male (and other males) following her around and bothering her, and there are plenty of ducklings already hatched in the neighborhood, so just wondering.
Even after several days there's no ring or smell with the method I posted.