Cooking eggs for a hearty winter salad such as "Olivier" or "Capital" - the process seems to be simple. But it also has its subtleties and tricks. Undercooked eggs have a semi-liquid yolk and loose protein, overcooked ones have a rubber texture and a gray, slightly appetizing coating around the yolk. Both can spoil the taste of the salad and the mood of the hostess.
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You will need
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- pan;
- water;
- salt;
- the eggs.
Instruction manual
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Enjoy the freshness of eggs cooked for cooking. To do this, pour cold water into a glass, pour a tablespoon of salt, stir and dip the egg in the saline solution. Fresh will immediately sink to the bottom, stale will float on the surface, but not quite fresh, but quite suitable for food, will “hang” somewhere in the middle of the glass.
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Pour salt into a cooking pot (at the rate of 1 teaspoon per liter of liquid), pour cold water. Lay eggs thoroughly washed in hot running water. So that when cooking the shell does not crack, an inverted saucer can be put on the bottom of the dishes.
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Place the pot on moderate heat and wait for the water to boil. From the moment of boiling, the cooking time starts. Soft-boiled eggs are boiled for 2-3 minutes, for the degree of "in the pouch" it will take 4-5 minutes. If you are going to use the product for the salad, then you need to cook it "hard boiled". Then the cooking time after boiling is 6-8 minutes.
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After cooking, remove the pan from the heat, immediately drain the water and beat the eggs with very cold water. This procedure will facilitate the removal of the shell.
5
If the egg is cracked, for example, during inaccurate transportation, but it is a pity to throw it away, then cook it. To prevent the contents from leaking out, grease the crack on the shell with lemon juice, and generously add salt to the boiling water.
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If in your family boiled eggs are frequent guests on the table (as an independent dish or as part of salads, toppings of pies, rolls), then it makes sense to purchase a egg cooker with a timer. Its price is low, but with this device you will always be sure that the eggs are boiled to the right degree.
Useful advice
Salad eggs can be chopped in many ways. Most housewives prefer to do this either with a chopper, grater, or a regular knife. There is one more way. Put the boiled egg in a glass or cup, and then mash it with a fork. You will get a very finely chopped product, suitable for cooking puff salads such as "mimosa" or herring under a fur coat.