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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

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Make the best hard boiled eggs!!!
(ok, the following recipe has nothing to do with the cool photo above, but hey... all is fun at Easter time!)

Directions:
1. PLACE eggs in saucepan large enough to hold them in single layer. ADD cold water to cover eggs by 1 inch. HEAT over high heat just to boiling.


2. REMOVE from burner. COVER pan. LET EGGS STAND in hot water about 15 minutes for large eggs (12 minutes for medium eggs; 18 minutes for extra large).


3. DRAIN immediately and serve warm. OR, cool completely under cold running water or in bowl of ice water, then REFRIGERATE.


Complete Hard Cooking Instructions

Tips for preparing hard cooked eggs:

Hard-cooked, not hard-boiled. Although the cooking water must come to a full boil in this method, the pan is immediately removed from the heat so that the eggs cook gently in the hot water. This produces tender, not rubbery, eggs and minimizes cracking.
Banish the greenish ring. This harmless but unsightly discoloration that sometimes forms around hard-cooked yolks results from a reaction between sulfur in the egg white and iron in the yolk. It occurs when eggs have been cooked for too long or at too high a temperature. Our method – cooking eggs in hot, not boiling, water, then cooling immediately – minimizes this.
Very fresh eggs can be difficult to peel. To ensure easily peeled eggs, buy and refrigerate them a week to 10 days in advance of cooking. This brief "breather" allows the eggs time to take in air, which helps separate the membranes from the shell.
Hard-cooked eggs are easiest to peel right after cooling. Cooling causes the egg to contract slightly in the shell.
To peel a hard-cooked egg: Gently tap egg on counter top until shell is finely crackled all over. Roll egg between hands to loosen shell. Starting peeling at large end, holding egg under cold running water to help ease the shell off.
Storage time: In the shell, hard-cooked eggs can be refrigerated safely up to one week. Refrigerate in their original carton to prevent odor absorption. Once peeled, eggs should be eaten that day.

Food safety precaution: Piercing shells before cooking is not recommended. If not sterile, the piercer or needle can introduce bacteria into the egg. Also, piercing creates hairline cracks in the shell, through which bacteria can enter after cooking.

Never microwave eggs in shells. Steam builds up too quickly inside and eggs are likely to explode.

High altitude cooking: It's almost impossible to hard-cook eggs above 10,000 feet.

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5 comments:

Mrs T said...

I only like my eggs boiled if the middle is still runny. Yum!

Have a nice easter!

Natasha in Oz said...

I don't mind boiled eggs but the chocolate ones that you get around this time of year are my favorites!

Best wishes and happy Easter,
Natasha.

Tina said...

Thanks for checking my blog out! :) Those eggs are so cute in that picture lol if only I could get mine to look that cute!

Happy easter!

heather said...

Perfect reading material as I was just contemplating what to have for breakfast!

Oh - and how am I feeling after my run? I was s-o-r-e, but I've recovered pretty well I think. Taking a week off and then it is back at it! :)

CAKE Creative Co. said...

oh, i want that owl egg! hope you had a good easter weekend...

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