weeknight
Bibimbap
Rice under a wheel of separately seasoned vegetables, a fried egg, and gochujang sauce stirred through at the table.
- Time
- 1h
- Serves
- 4
- Effort
- Involved
#eggs
17 entries filed under this tag.
Recipes
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salad
Caesar Salad
An emulsified anchovy and egg dressing, croutons fried in the pan rather than baked, and cold crisp leaves.
- Time
- 28m
- Serves
- 4
- Effort
- Moderate
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pasta
Carbonara
Egg, cured pork, hard cheese and pepper. No cream, and no heat under the pan when the eggs go in.
- Time
- 25m
- Serves
- 2
- Effort
- Moderate
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dessert
Chocolate Mousse
Chocolate, eggs and a little sugar. No cream, no gelatin — the structure comes entirely from beaten whites.
- Time
- 4h 25m
- Serves
- 6
- Effort
- Moderate
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dessert
Crème Brûlée
A baked custard in a water bath, chilled hard, then blowtorched at the last minute. The contrast only lasts minutes.
- Time
- 5h 55m
- Serves
- 6
- Effort
- Moderate
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breakfast
French Toast
Stale bread, a long soak, and a pan cool enough that the custard sets before the outside burns.
- Time
- 32m
- Serves
- 4
- Effort
- Easy
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weeknight
Fried Rice
Cold day-old rice, a screaming pan, and everything prepped before you start. The whole cook is four minutes.
- Time
- 23m
- Serves
- 3
- Effort
- Easy
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breakfast
Courgette and Ricotta Frittata
Started on the hob, finished under the grill, pulled while the centre is still soft. Ricotta keeps it from going rubbery.
- Time
- 37m
- Serves
- 4
- Effort
- Easy
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salad
Gado Gado
Blanched and raw vegetables, egg and fried tofu under a thick peanut sauce loosened with tamarind and kecap manis.
- Time
- 50m
- Serves
- 4
- Effort
- Moderate
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technique
Mayonnaise
One yolk holds a surprising amount of oil, as long as you add it slowly enough. Five minutes, and it fixes if it breaks.
- Time
- 10m
- Serves
- about 1 cup
- Effort
- Moderate
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weeknight
Nasi Goreng
Yesterday's rice fried with a pounded chilli-shallot base and darkened with kecap manis, a fried egg landing on top.
- Time
- 27m
- Serves
- 3
- Effort
- Easy
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weeknight
Okonomiyaki
A thick cabbage pancake bound with grated yam batter, griddled slowly and finished with sauce, mayonnaise and a snow of aonori.
- Time
- 40m
- Serves
- 2 large pancakes
- Effort
- Moderate
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weeknight
Pad See Ew
Wide rice noodles charred in a dry-hot pan with Chinese broccoli, egg and dark soy. Four minutes of cooking, all of it fast.
- Time
- 25m
- Serves
- 2
- Effort
- Moderate
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baking
Leek and Gruyère Quiche
A properly blind-baked shell, a custard baked low until it still wobbles, and leeks sweated down to almost nothing.
- Time
- 2h 35m
- Serves
- 8
- Effort
- Involved
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breakfast
Shakshuka
A thick pepper and tomato base with eggs poached in wells. The sauce has to be reduced before the eggs go in, or you end up with soup.
- Time
- 40m
- Serves
- 3
- Effort
- Easy
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breakfast
Soft Scrambled Eggs
Low heat, constant movement, and off the pan while they still look slightly underdone.
- Time
- 11m
- Serves
- 2
- Effort
- Easy
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technique
Tortilla Española
Potatoes poached soft in olive oil, steeped in beaten egg, then set slowly so the middle stays just short of firm.
- Time
- 1h 20m
- Serves
- 6
- Effort
- Involved