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marycrawford ([personal profile] marycrawford) wrote2005-03-28 01:15 pm
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Mmm.

Made Eggs Benedict for breakfast today, following Delia's recipe. Delia Smith, if you've not heard of her, is a BBC TV cook who's very good at explaining how to make basic dishes as well as elaborate ones and staying calm no matter what. Me, I am very good at getting frustrated and bickering, so you can see that I need Delia in my life.

The Eggs Benedict worked out really well - we used fresh Turkish pide instead of toasted muffins, and while the poached eggs were a failure (probably because they were supermarket eggs and not fresh enough, or because I've never poached an egg in my life), we didn't care and just gently fried some instead. The bacon was fine and the foaming Hollandaise sauce...whoo. That looked just as it does in the picture, I swear, and tasted divine. And you can reheat it and even freeze the remainder, so we're going to do that and wait for asparagus season. Yum.

[identity profile] elynross.livejournal.com 2005-03-28 01:29 pm (UTC)(link)
If you're doing poached eggs in water, try a tiny bit of vinegar in the water. Eldest Brother swears by it -- and poached is really different from fried. *g*

[identity profile] marycrawford.livejournal.com 2005-03-28 02:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooo, thanks for the tip! And yes, I realized that frying runs counter to the Delia spirit, or the idea of Eggs Benedict, but when all you have left are two sad soggy things staring up at you reproachfully with their yolky eyes, what's a woman to do? *g*

[identity profile] elynross.livejournal.com 2005-03-28 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, to be honest? I really suck at traditional poaching in water. *g* I have an egg poacher appliance, where you pour the egg into one of four little divisions, and then add water below, and hit the "on" button. So I guess they're really steamed instead of poached, but!

I'll have to try that sauce sometime, it looks really yummy!
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[identity profile] giglet.livejournal.com 2005-03-28 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you so much, both for Delia, and for the link to the Hollandaise sauce recipe! I have asparagus and eggs in the fridge. Now I know what lunch will be.

[identity profile] marycrawford.livejournal.com 2005-03-28 04:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, hurray! I hope the lunch surpasses expectations. :-)

[identity profile] amorettea.livejournal.com 2005-03-28 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
When poaching eggs, the water has to be BELOW a boil, not even really simmering, and deep, several inches. You also need a few drops of vinegar to keep the eggs from turning into egg drop soup. The latest issue of the Culinary Institute of America--to which My Better Half subscribes--had several pages on the art of poaching. Put me in the mood for Eggs Benedict. Sadly, weight and cholesterol probably will scratch that idea.

Amorette