Video- Eggs Poached & appreciating life details
It’s the little details in life that always fascinate us. We often just sit and witness the small life moments that happen both in and out of our kitchen. It’s those little things that are so inspiring to us to have endless hours of conversations. These thoughts and ideas drive us to become more creative and how to share the story filled with life detail up close.
Poaching eggs is a wonderful morning ritual we love sharing. Often times, the beautiful process of poaching eggs can often be overlooked. But for us, every step of this egg poaching process is full of inspiration. From the moment we patiently wait for the water to boil, to the mesmerizing swirl of the water bath, to the final pierce of the egg, all this is a gorgeous event happening before our eyes.
So, back in December we wanted to share the story of poaching an egg. We weren’t wanting to make a “how to” video per se, because there are so many great instructional videos out there.
Instead, we wanted to share an egg poaching story and the journey of an inspiring morning ritual.
For some, poaching an egg is a process to get a meal on the table. But for us, egg poaching is one of those life moments that we love. One of those regular rituals which fill in the details of our daily lives. And we love every single little step along the way.
Hope you all take a moment to appreciate one of those life details in the kitchen.
And hope you enjoy our eggs poached story.
Have a great day to you all,
diane and todd
Perfect Poached Eggs
Ingredients
- Eggs
- 1-2 teaspoons (5-10 ml) white vinegar , optional (will help set the eggs, but can flavor them and isn’t required to set)
- fresh cracked black pepper , to taste
- flaky salt , to taste
- chopped Italian parsley cilantro, or dill , for garnish
- cherry tomatoes , sliced for garnish
- toasted bread , English Muffins, bagels, etc (optional)
- prosciutto slices , optional garnish
Instructions
- Heat water in a stock pot or in a deep skillet (if using a skillet, make sure the water is at least 1 1/2” deep). Optional - Add the white vinegar and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Meanwhile, crack the eggs into small individual bowls or ramekins.
- When ready to poach, stir the water in one direction until it's all smoothly spinning around (this method is great to help prevent the whites from spreading out but is tricky to do for larger batches of poached eggs - for larger batches we’ll crack the eggs in a fine mesh colander or slotted spoon to drain the loose whites, then place them in their bowl - when poaching we will not stir the water, but will just slide them into the simmering water from their bowls).
- Carefully slide the eggs, one at a time, into the center of the whirlpool (or placed spaced separately around the pan if doing a larger batch). Cook until the eggs are your desired firmness (Cooking Times: 2 minutes 30 seconds - Yolks runny, Whites just set | 3 minutes - Yolks runny, White firmly set | 4 minutes - Yolks edges beginning to set | 5-6 minutes - Yolks firmly set).
- Remove the eggs with a slotted spoon and serve immediately, topped with a little flaky salt (Murray River salt is our favorite), fresh cracked pepper, and any other garnish you prefer. Alternatively for serving at a later time, slightly undercook the eggs and place the eggs to an ice bath and refrigerate up to 8 hours. Reheat in warm water for about 30 seconds to 1 minute just before serving.
The swirling method is new to me, but poached eggs for dinner tonight now. Awesome video.
This looks amazing; I am seriously going to make poached eggs for breakfast tomorrow- they’re my favorite meal. I actually enjoy them for lunch atop a salad with avocado, too!
As always, a truly beautiful post and recipe!
So excited to see you at BlogHer Food.
This is just beautiful. Food and photography is very inspiring.
simply beautiful. The art of poaching an egg and the fact you both do it all together. It’s inspiring.
SO glad you posted this video! I fell in love with it at fbforl and was so bummed it wasn’t posted on your site. I told my husband all about it once I got home and then couldn’t find it!! So, we’ve watched this more than a few times. LOVE!
I have majored in nutrition and neglected the human aspect of putting meals together. Your video has inspired change. Thank you.
just want you guys to know that you did an awesome job in making this video, it is so amazing!
Ooooh. This one made me get up from my desk and go make that for myself, and I’ve never even poached an egg before!
While I savored the experience of poaching the egg, I must admit I inhaled the meal as it was perfect ; )
What is that sexy pot you poached the eggs in? Such a beautiful shape. Thanks so much for creating and sharing this video with us. Sending love to both of you and Sierra~!
Seriously beautiful video – you guys never cease to amaze me.
That was BEAUTIFULLY DONE! Great job, y’all!
When the yolk burst?
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Satisfaction!
(You really, really need to contact me about your music. You know my husband is a music producer, right?)
Wonderful video.
Great video. The swirling is key!
this is stunning. But I should not be surprised sinc eI love all of your photography, videos, recipes, and stories. Beautiful.
I just cannot get enough of these videos. This is just terrific and you guys certainly have an artistic talent that shines through. I took my Canon 60D and tried 2 posted on my site. I was so nervous I wouldn’t be able to do it but I think food videos are just so beautiful. I did bread rolls and deviled eggs. It was so much fun and a great learning curve for me. Mine are a bit clunky as learning the editing skills is slow going but I’m hooked!!
Nice! I hope you both are well.
In your hands, poaching an egg just became an inspiring film-ette~ Loved it 😀