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Other Cooking Equipment => Other cooking Eqipment => SOUS VIDE COOKING => Topic started by: drholly on January 23, 2015, 07:04:12 PM
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Which came first?.... Well for me .... the egg....
Family is away today so I am trying some eggs. I love a perfectly (can never find) poached egg. My wife and kids like them hard - yuk! So, this is my chance. Everything I've read leads me to a 75* (C) egg at 13 minutes... tried that one first. The yolk is perfect, but the whites are a bit too loose for me. At 15 minutes it is close to the ultimate. Next time I will try 14 minutes - it appears the difference of a minute or two are critical. But even at 15 minutes this is the absolute best egg I have ever had.
As you look at the pictures, realize my normal breakfast would include some bacon and some sausage gravy (yes, Hub there would be gravy!) But for this experiment, I just wanted to see how the egg would turn out. Oh my goodness it is good! I could almost skip the rest of the breakfast!
The 15 minute egg had a nice white that slipped out of the shell with no "leavings." The yolk while not as runny as I like was smooth and custardy - perfect on the toast.
Emma has a sleepover tonight with 3 friends - planning to make poached eggs with toast and sausage gravy for breakfast. Already loving this thing!
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So David..you cooked the egg in the shell? no vacu sealing? I make a really good poached egg.don't knwo if I wanna go thru all that,I use water with soem vinegar and go for it. Pam .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
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So David..you cooked the egg in the shell? no vacu sealing? I make a really good poached egg.don't knwo if I wanna go thru all that,I use water with soem vinegar and go for it. Pam .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
Yes, I did - just the eggs in the water after it preheated..
I have made poached eggs for years (every Christmas morning and a few dozen days through the year.) - water, vinegar, etc. Sometime they were great sometimes not. They always had these octopus trailings... The folks liked them because it was Christmas morning or whatever, but I never really felt good about them. Just too much variation.
This time, perfect, nicely cooked whites, perfect yolks, no "trailings." Just knowing that every time I put an egg in the bath it will come out right is a life saver when I am making dozens. Would I buy this just to make eggs? No. But the benefit of this device is I CAN make perfect eggs on Christmas morning.
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Pam, Actually thinking about "all that..." This is SOOOOO much easier than poaching an egg. Hook up the ANOVA set the temp. When it is right, lay in the eggs.. 15 minutes later, take them out and crack the top - slide 'em out - there you go. Honestly, it is so much easier than regular poaching.
This gives me more time to spend playing with my gravy... ;) ;D ;D ;D ;)
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Those eggs look great David, nicely done. I've done eggs with mine too and it's great the way the come out and slide out of the shell so easily.
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Nice cook partner. Wife loves poached eggs. Gonna try this.
Remember we do F here and not C. 8)
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Nice and "safe" trial, David...I only did one or two eggs and they came out like your first one so I quit with the eggs.
I can try 75 C for 14 minutes to see what happens...I don't like leaving whites in the shell.
Ain't it great when a plan comes together? I think between you and Meube, I might get some pretty good food out of the bath.
Looking forward to your first steak...
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Remember we do F here and not C. 8)
The neat thing about this cooker is that it converts to both modes...so if the recipe calls for 76 C, you can dial it in with no guess work - if you're in "real" temps, you change it to F's. No problem...
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Oh, David, one more thing with those eggs...
There's no need to use a huge pot for 3 or 4 eggs. With the adjustable collar, you can use a 2 qt sauce pan which means you use less water which means it heats up faster and uses less energy.
Just sayin'...
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Jack, You are right, I didn't give any thought to "real temps." It said 75*C so that's what I dialed - worked great. Who knows I might become a "world guy." Yeah, I know I don't need the big pot and it took a bit longer to heat up, but first I wanted to see how long it took to heat up - not too long - and second I am planning for the next cook - grown up chicken - so figured what the heck, get my wife used to seeing a pot on the counter. Yeah like that will play... 8)
Jack, I will say try an egg at 14 or 15 minutes - oh my goodness it is excellent. Maybe I can poach an egg in a few less minutes, but as hard as I have tried I have never made one so nice. It slipped out of the shell with no trailing whites, and the yolk was custardy, soft and perfect. I would like to have this on a biscuit any morning. A perfect way to break in my new cooker!
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Fantastic David! Great to see your first SV cook!
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Goofy as it might be - it is fun!
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Oh for cryin' out loud, DR. I am actually salivating. It's 10:15 PM and I was thinking about popcorn. Now I'm thinking about poaching some eggs.
BTW, are they cold, right out of the refrigerator, when they take the bath?
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Oh for cryin' out loud, DR. I am actually salivating. It's 10:15 PM and I was thinking about popcorn. Now I'm thinking about poaching some eggs.
BTW, are they cold, right out of the refrigerator, when they take the bath?
Right out of the fridge,
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Goofy as it might be - it is fun!
Just wait until you get into the long cook stuff, that's were it really gets to be fun. ;)
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I just pulled out my English muffin loaf out of the oven for eggs Benedict Saturday breakfast.
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Gotta say - best poached egg I have ever made - 1st try!
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Gotta say - best poached egg I have ever made - 1st try!
Makes sous vide worth every penny spent on it. ;)
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That looks like the perfect egg David. I have been reading all the SV posts and trying to figure out why I would ever wan one. This would be a good use.
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looks great .i must say it is easy to work with the anova .