How often do housewives encounter the problem of spreading protein in boiling water while cooking poached eggs! But all problems can be avoided if you apply a brilliant device invented by French chefs. In the article, we will tell curious readers how to cook a neat poached egg in cling film, share the intricacies of the recipe and the options for serving.
Often this dish is served for breakfast or dinner, but you can decorate with curly bags and the main dish for lunch. Making a poached egg in a cling film is quite simple, you just need to buy everything you need - a roll of thin film, large chicken eggs, vegetable oil (some use olive). Boil eggs in a small pan.
Calorie content
If you follow a diet for illness or for weight loss, then this dish just needs to be included in the daily menu. Poached eggs in the food film can be eaten by people with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract who cannot be fried omelet or fried eggs. If we consider the calorie content of the dish, then for 100 grams of weight, only 181 kcal. Moreover, it includes:
- 12 grams of protein;
- 14 - fat;
- carbohydrates - only 1 gram.
Next, consider a step-by-step recipe for cooking.
How to make poached egg
To make a neat boiled egg with a liquid center, which, when cut, effectively flows onto a piece of rye bread toasted in a toaster, you need to select large copies of eggs with a bright orange yolk. The best option is to buy homemade or farm eggs.
Depending on the number of poached eggs in the food film, squares of thin polyethylene are cut. The optimal size is 15 cm x 15 cm. The cling film is placed on the board and greased with oil using a cooking brush. This procedure is necessary so that the boiled egg does not deform when removed from the bag and the yolk does not leave its bag prematurely.
Then you need to take a small bowl or bowl and lay the film on top of it, making a recess for the egg with your hands. The photo above shows how the cooking process looks. An egg is carefully poured into the recess, and the edges are tied tightly so that there is no excess air inside. You can tie the ends of the film in different ways: a simple bundle, thread, wire in the shell.
If desired, salt the egg before tying the film; you can add black pepper or other spices.
Recipe
A poached egg in a cling film is prepared from 5 to 7 minutes, depending on the desired hardness of the yolk. First boil water in a pan, then make the fire quieter and slowly lower the tied bags into the water.
When the eggs are cooked, remove them from the water and carefully peel off the film by cutting the bundle with scissors. The dish looks spectacular if the yolk is not completely hidden in the white part of the egg, but is visible from the outside. Some chefs boil eggs by tying bags of film on a stick. Water is poured into the pan a little, and the bags are not completely recessed. The photo above shows how this preparation looks.
How to serve the dish
A traditional option for poached egg is considered to be located on a slightly dried or toasted piece of rye bread. Sprinkle such a sandwich on top with finely chopped greens. But the options for serving dishes are much greater.
We list some of them:
- Put slices of salted salmon on a hot toast, lay an egg on top and pour the sauce with mayonnaise, mustard seeds and lemon juice in proportions 2: 1: 1.
- Lyon salad - pour on a plate salad, torn by hand, small cubes of dried bread, fried on both sides and dried on a napkin bacon, thin slices of shallots. Lay the boiled egg in the film on top and pour the sauce over everything. It contains olive oil and wine vinegar in equal proportions (1 tbsp.), Dijon mustard - at the tip of a spoon, salt and black pepper - to taste.
Cook with pleasure and delight your loved ones with new recipes!