Freshly Boiled Eggs and Soldiers
Mothers all over the country cut up fingers of toast for children to dip into soft-boiled eggs. In our family we call them ‘dippies’.
SERVES
1
PEOPLE
PREP TIME
5
MINUTES
COOKING TIME
5
MINUTES
Ingredients
2 fresh free-range organic eggs
salt and freshly ground pepper
a few pats of butter
1 slice of fresh best quality white loaf bread
Method
Bring a small saucepan of water to the boil, gently slide in the eggs, bring the water back to the boil and simmer gently for 4-6 minutes, according to your taste. A four-minute egg will be still quite soft, five minutes will almost set the white while the yolk will still be runny, 6 minutes will produce a boiled egg with a soft yolk and solid white.
Meanwhile, toast the bread, cut off the crusts and spread with butter. Cut in fingers. Immediately the eggs are cooked, pop them into egg cups, put the dippies on the side and serve with a pepper mill, sea salt and a few pats of butter.
