Coddled egg

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Coddled egg
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In cooking, coddled eggs are eggs that are gently or lightly cooked just below boiling temperature in a ramekin or other small container, placed in a water bath or bain-marie. They can be partially cooked, mostly cooked, or hardly cooked at all (as in the eggs used to make caesar salad dressing, which are only slightly poached for a thicker end-product). Poached eggs are similar to coddled egg but cooked by submersion in water, rather than being placed in a water bath.

Methods[]

There are two methods of coddling eggs.[1] The first is to break the egg in an egg coddler, porcelain cup or ramekin with a lid, and cook using a bain-marie. The inside of the egg coddler is first buttered in order to flavor the egg and allow it to be removed more easily. A raw egg (sometimes with additional flavorings) is broken into the coddler, which is then placed in a pan of near-boiling water for 7 to 8 minutes to achieve a solid white and runny yolk.

The second method is to cook the egg in its shell, by immersing it in near-boiling water. This can be done either in a pan where the water is kept below boiling point, or by pouring boiling water over the egg and letting it stand for 2 to 5 minutes, based on starting temperature of the eggs, number of eggs cooked at once and amount of boiling water used.

Manufacture[]

Coddlers may have been manufactured by Royal Worcester,[2] since at least the 1890s. Many companies[3] now make egg coddlers, some of which are collectors’ items.

Possible risks[]

Coddled eggs do not always reach temperatures required to sterilize potential contaminants and pathogens.

In the United States, eggs have around a 1 in 30,000 risk of exposure to salmonella and other bacteria.[4][5][6] Using fresh eggs that have been washed and kept refrigerated, or pasteurized eggs is recommended to minimize the risk. According to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, eggs should be cooked until both the white and the yolk are firm,[7] and the water temperature should be 74–82 °C (165–180 °F).[8] Children, the elderly, and persons with compromised immune systems are advised against eating lightly cooked eggs because of the risk of exposure to salmonella infection.

In the UK however, as all eggs bearing the lion mark have come from hens vaccinated against salmonella, raw eggs can be safely eaten by pregnant women, infants and the elderly.[9]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Coddled Eggs. CooksInfo.com. Published 08/18/2004. Updated 03/12/2010. Web. Retrieved 11/27/2012 from http://www.cooksinfo.com/coddled-eggs
  2. ^ "Royal Woercester Egg Coddlers". museumofroyalworcester.org. 15 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2015-01-03.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ "Manufacturers of Egg Coddlers". Egg-Coddlers.com. 1 June 2010.
  4. ^ Kimura, Akiko C.; Reddy, V; Marcus, R; Cieslak, PR; Mohle-Boetani, JC; Kassenborg, HD; Segler, SD; Hardnett, FP; Barrett, T; et al. (2004). "Chicken Consumption Is a Newly Identified Risk Factor for Sporadic Salmonella enterica Serotype Enteritidis Infections in the United States: A Case-Control Study in FoodNet Sites". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 38: S244–S252. doi:10.1086/381576. PMID 15095196.
  5. ^ Little, C.L; Surman-Lee, S; Greenwood, M; Bolton, FJ; Elson, R; Mitchell, RT; Nichols, GN; Sagoo, SK; Threlfall, EJ; et al. (2007). "Public health investigations of Salmonella Enteritidis in catering raw shell eggs, 2002–2004". Letters in Applied Microbiology. Blackwell Publishing. 44 (6): 595–601. doi:10.1111/j.1472-765X.2007.02131.x. PMID 17576219. S2CID 19995946.
  6. ^ Stephens, N.; Sault, C; Firestone, SM; Lightfoot, D; Bell, C; et al. (2007). "Large outbreaks of Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 135 infections associated with the consumption of products containing raw egg in Tasmania". Communicable Diseases Intelligence. Blackwell Publishing. 31 (1): 118–24. PMID 17503652.
  7. ^ Foodsafety.gov (29 April 2019). "Eggs and Egg Products". www.foodsafety.gov.
  8. ^ The Culinary Institute of America (17 April 2009). "Poaching Eggs from the World's Premier Culinary College". Archived from the original on 2010-11-16 – via YouTube.
  9. ^ "The healthy way to eat eggs". 22 May 2018.

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