9 Great Ways to Cook Eggs
As difficult it sounds to handle them, eggs are sometimes easier to cook than anything else. Certain kinds require culinary expertise while there are some where you can just throw in the ingredients, break the egg and create something spectacular. Here are 9 great ways to cook eggs.
1. Over-easy
You need to cook one side on a hot pan with a little bit of oil or butter. Once it is completely done, you flip and cook for just few seconds. Only one side is well cooked.
2. Florentine
This beautiful looking American breakfast is served by splitting an English muffin in two halves with poached eggs and spinach on each served with hollandaise sauce. When they are served with ham or bacon, minus the spinach, they are referred to as Eggs Benedict.
3. Poached eggs
Poaching eggs is a tricky technique. You need to bring the water to boil and then let it simmer to 180 degrees. Crack the egg in simmering water and cook it till it’s poached. Maintaining the right amount of heat is essential to poaching.
4. Sunny Side up
You crack the egg on the pan in a manner that the yolk does not split and stays in the center. The bottom has to cook better than the up-side.
5. Omelet
Omelets are whisked in a bowl with chopped onions, herbs, vegetables and different kinds of meat with cheese. There are varieties of omelets that are served as breakfast in different places. The mixture is spread on the pan and cooked well with oil or butter.