These five fried eggs are bizarre
Chefs who go completely wild with something as ordinary as a fried egg—what can you expect? Well… nuclear eggs, jet-black fried eggs and the fluffiest eggs benedict in the world, for example.
True artists can create something imaginative from almost nothing. And that certainly applies to chefs. Cook Cardini came up with his legendary Caesar’s Salad using the last scraps of supplies, the Tatin sisters turned the entire apple pie upside down in their desperation, and top chef Massimo Bottura found inspiration in bread heels. These five variations on a fried egg show that even with something as modest as an egg, you can get wonderfully creative.
Herb egg
Separate the yolk and egg white, and mix the egg white with fresh herbs such as chives or parsley, a little grated cheese or some pieces of bacon. Melt a knob of butter in the pan, pour in the egg white and place the yolk in the middle. Fry the egg as you normally would, and voilà: an herb egg!
Super-fluffy fried egg
Separate the egg white and yolk, and beat the egg white until stiff. Melt butter in a pan over the heat, place a cooking ring in the pan and spoon half of the egg-white foam into it; flatten it slightly with a spatula. Carefully place the yolk on top and cover again with egg-white foam. Fry the egg on both sides, carefully loosening the sides with a small knife. Perfect on a bun with hollandaise sauce and a few slices of salmon, as a super-fluffy eggs benedict.
Radioactive egg
Crack an egg into a bowl—carefully, the yolk must remain intact. Crack in two or three quail eggs as well. Carefully pour the eggs into a frying pan and fry as you would a regular egg. The result is incredible: as if the chicken had laid a nuclear egg.
Bacon cups
Fry strips of bacon until they become softer—not crispy! Then place the bacon slices in the greased cups of a muffin tin. Crack an egg into each bacon cup, slide into a preheated oven and bake until the yolks are cooked the way you like them: about 12 minutes for a soft yolk, 15 minutes for a firmer yolk. A little cheese over the egg before baking the cups in the oven only makes them more delicious.
Oddly colored egg
Separate the egg white and yolk, and color the egg white with a little beet juice (pink fried egg), red cabbage juice (blue) or squid ink (black). With the red cabbage or beet juice, you can also add a little lemon juice; this makes the cabbage slightly pinker, while the beet juice stays beautifully red and does not turn brown. Stir carefully, because you do not want foam in the egg white. Pour the egg white into a frying pan with a little butter, place the yolk in it and fry a bizarre egg.
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Source: Chef Circle
