Mrs Beetons Cheese and Egg Recipes Revisited
Poached Eggs with Cream
4 Fresh Eggs
600ml (1 pint) Water
80ml (3floz) Cream
4 tsp Vinegar
1 tsp Salt
25g (1oz) Butter
Salt, Pepper and Caster Sugar, to taste
Put the water, vinegar and salt into a frying pan and break each egg into a separate cup.
Bring the water, etc. to boil.
Slip the eggs gently into it without breaking the yolks.
Simmer them from 3 to 4 minutes, but not longer.
Lift them out with a slice on to a hot dish and trim the edges.
Empty the pan of its contents, add the cream, season to taste with salt pepper, and caster sugar.
Bring to the boiling point.
Add the butter, broken into small pieces.
Toss the pan round and round until the butter is melted.
Pour it over the eggs and serve.
To insure the eggs not being spoiled whilst the cream, etc., is preparing, it is a good plan to warm the cream with the butter, etc., before the eggs are poached, so that it may be poured over them immediately after they are dished.
Sufficient for 2 persons.
Seasonable at any time.
Time: 3 to 4 minutes to poach the eggs, 5 minutes to warm the cream.
POACHED EGGS, WITH CREAM
1664. INGREDIENTS - 1 pint of water, 1 teaspoonful of salt, 4 teaspoonfuls of vinegar, 4 fresh eggs, 1/2 gill of cream, salt, pepper, and pounded sugar to taste, 1 oz. of butter.
Mode - Put the water, vinegar, and salt into a frying-pan, and break each egg into a separate cup; bring the water, &c. to boil, and slip the eggs gently into it without breaking the yolks. Simmer them from 3 to 4 minutes, but not longer, and, with a slice, lift them out on to a hot dish, and trim the edges. Empty the pan of its contents, put in the cream, add a seasoning to taste of pepper, salt, and pounded sugar; bring the whole to the boiling-point; then add the butter, broken into small pieces; toss the pan round and round till the butter is melted; pour it over the eggs, and serve. To insure the eggs not being spoiled whilst the cream, &c., is preparing, it is a good plan to warm the cream with the butter, &c., before the eggs are poached, so that it may be poured over them immediately after they are dished.
Time - 3 to 4 minutes to poach the eggs, 5 minutes to warm the cream.
Average cost, for the above quantity, 9d.
Sufficient for 2 persons.
Seasonable at any time.
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