Picking a good egg for poaching
Description
Choosing the right egg to poach is a crutial step towards the Perfect Poached Egg.
Ingredients
At a glance
Serves
one
Eggs from young hens have stronger whites and poach much better than eggs from older hens laid on the same day.
It's easy to identify eggs laid by young hens. They have smooth, thick, dark shells
Method
When buying eggs to poach choose eggs with thick, smooth, dark shells and make sure that there is still at least 3 weeks to go before the Best Before date.
Then follow our Perfectly poached eggs technique and bingo! A beautiful poached egg
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