Do we have an Egg Queen in the house?!

Recipe #18- Poached eggs (on Mum's style Caesar Salad).


We scavenged everything that was left in the fridge and made a Royal Salad. Which of course included Mum's famous salad dressing. Now this stuff is amazing. If you've had it you'll understand. It is BETTER then Paul Newman's classic dressing. Nothing more needs to be said.


The bf normally cooks the poached eggs to perfection on Sunday mornings. He is the Egg King so I had to execute the eggs perfectly. Sure I'd cooked poached eggs before but when the pressure is on for something like crowning a Royal Salad it's murphy's law that it will stuff up.


I started the eggs as the salad was being assembled. Jamie asks for boiling water, sea salt, eggs and a pinch of pepper to finish.    Where was the vinegar?     I added a little vinegar anyway. Doesn't it do something to keep the eggs from separating? or is it all a myth?? I will have to look into this further but yes I bent the rules and added vinegar when Jamie doesn't ask for it. Maybe it was a typo...


The water was simmering and I added each egg as Jamie asks.

"crack one of your eggs into a cup and gently pour it into the water in one fluid movement" 

Done, done, done and done. 4 eggs in the water. Now... which one went in first?!? Tristannnnn!!!!  The King of Eggs came and inspected and informed me that they needed a little longer. After abiding by the Kings up most important commands I left the eggs simmering for a little longer... then got impatient and took them out.


They crowned the salad and were dressed with some crunchy bacon and shallots.


Our Royal Salad had perfect poached eggs.