The best breakfast is eggs. It's tasty, healthy and fast. And so that they do not get bored, you need to modify the technology of their preparation. Having silicone muffin tins makes it easy to make beautiful poached eggs.
Recipe content:
- Ingredients
- Step by step cooking
- Video recipe
To cook a poached egg according to the classic recipe, dexterity and experience are required. Since they break down directly into boiling water and the protein spreads through the water, which makes the food not very beautiful. And while you get a positive result of the meal, you will spend a dozen eggs. But having at hand some original item that will facilitate their preparation, this dish can be prepared without any problems. Contemporaries of culinary have come up with a unique solution - to use silicone muffin molds for boiling eggs. To implement this option, you need a multicooker or double boiler. However, you can do without newfangled devices. To do this, you just need to make a steam bath on a regular stove.
A poached egg is prepared in a similar manner, with the desired creamy yolk inside. The food is perfectly combined with toasts, pastas, sauces, salads, from which every time the food will acquire a new taste. An egg eaten in the morning for breakfast perfectly reduces the calorie content of the daily diet. Well, if it is also posed, then a high-quality breakfast will also turn into a pleasure. I also note that this dish contains amino acids that promote muscle building, as well as many components that take care of the health of nails, hair and skin.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 159 kcal.
- Servings - 3
- Cooking time - 3 minutes
Ingredients:
- Eggs - 3 pcs.
- Salt - a pinch
- Portion silicone muffin cups - 3 pcs.
- Vegetable oil - for lubricating molds
Cooking poached eggs in silicone molds
1. Grease the silicone mold with vegetable / butter and pour one egg into each. You can add grated cheese, chopped herbs, etc. if you want, try to choose fresh eggs. For the dish to turn out like the French, the egg must be no more than 4 days old.
2. Place the molds in a container of boiling water. The water level should be no higher than 2/3 of the molds.
3. Cover the dishes and cook the eggs for 3 minutes over medium heat. Boiling water should not be poured into the molds, so select a temperature so that it does not boil too much.
4. When the protein coagulates, remove the eggs from the boiling water, otherwise if they are in it, they will continue to cook. Then the yolk will no longer be creamy, but a little boiled.
5. Carefully remove the eggs from the molds, put them on toast or a slice of bread, garnish with herbs, prick the yolk with a fork and have breakfast with gusto. You can also sprinkle the dish with sauce or sprinkle with cheese.
See also the video recipe on how to cook poached eggs in tins for FUSION.
