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What a true gem of a breakfast a really good egg is when soft boiled to perfection and accompanied by buttered toast.
It really is the perfect breakfast, just the right volume of flavour for breakfast, not too voluminous in your awakening stomach and full off protein - plus there is the inescapable delight of first cracking the egg top and then piercing the yolk, with soldier or spoon, so that it oozes deliciously. whether you are 7 or 70 it is always a simple joy.
Making the perfect soft boiled egg can be a bit hit and miss so here is a failsafe method from Delia Smith (who else).
Recipe
1 Take a room temperature egg (organic only please), place it on a tablespoon and lower into gently simmering water - use a small pan with just enough water to cover the egg or eggs.
2 Repeat as necessary
3 Simmer gently for 1 minute
4 Take off heat and cover, leave for 5 mins (medium eggs) or 6 (large eggs)
5 Serve in an egg cup with a side of hot buttered toast (I like a thin veil of Marmite on mine) - oh and yes cutting into soldiers isn’t just acceptable but is actively encouraged.
Tags: breakfast, egg, weekend breakfast
I love a perfectly soft boiled egg. Unfortunately, I have yet to perfect the art, but I’ll give it another try with your method. Thanks!
Hi Gaga,
This realy is foolproof - enjoy your perfect egg!
UF
I’ve never heard of this technique! I use the classic, throwing the eggs into boiling water and timing 3 minutes.
Its very hit or miss, so I’ll give this a try!
I tried your method last night–perfect as you promised! I’ve never made a good soft-boiled egg before but love them, so thanks so much for this post!!
I just looked into the perfect boiled egg today and got a method from Delia Smith - similar to yours, but you have to bow to the queen’s methods!
Hi Simpleton,
Yes this is Delia’s method (you’ll see that I have name checked her, of course) and it realy is a great one. The perfect spoft boiled egg every time…