Good morning everyone,
I bet its been a while since you treat yourself to a perfectly fried egg on toast. Perhaps your scared of the calories or a perhaps, in a modern world, people have forgotten these skills which we once took for granted. Here is a simple step by step guide which will give you perfect results every time.
1. Go out and by some fresh eggs. If the eggs are more than 5 days old then the white will not cling to the yolk and your fried egg will look more like an omelette. The use-by date on the box corresponds to 21 days after the eggs were lain so you can work it out from there. If you got your eggs from a farm or are not sure when they were lain, then pop it in a jug of water. The more horizontal it stays; the fresher it is. If it floats vertical; get rid of it.
Always buy free range/organic or not at all as battery farms are no longer acceptable. They can't walk for fuck's sake! Who would you rather eat, Brad Pitt or Stephen Hawkins?
2. Put about 2/3 table spoons of Groundnut oil in a frying pan and heat up till its hot as fuck and you can see smoke coming off it.
3. Now crack the egg open and into the pan, keeping it quite close so it hasn't got far to fall. Keep it on the high heat for 30 seconds to a minute, this will get the bottom nice and crispy, then turn it down low and continue to cook for another 5 minutes.
4. While its cooking get a table or dessert spoon. Scoop up the hot oil by tilting the pan and ladle it onto the egg yolk with the spoon. Repeat this until the yolk turns pink like the way one used to see in cafe's but which no-one can be bothered to do any more, even though it looks great.
And that's it. Don't forget to turn the hob off. A lot of the ideas put forth in this blog were inspired by Delia Smith.
Enjoy
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