Scrambled eggs

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Scrambled eggs
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Scrambled eggs
Place of originWorldwide
Main ingredients Eggs
Ingredients generally usedSalt, pepper, butter

Scrambled eggs is a dish made from eggs (usually chicken eggs), where the whites and yolks have been stirred, whipped, or beaten together (typically with salt, butter or oil, and sometimes water or milk, or other ingredients), then heated so that the proteins denature and coagulate, and they form into "curds". [1] [2]

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History

The earliest documented recipe for scrambled eggs was in the 14th-century Italian cookbook Libro della cucina. [3]

Preparation

Only eggs are necessary to make scrambled eggs, [4] [5] but salt, water, chives, cream, crème fraîche, sour cream, grated cheese and other ingredients may be added [6] [7] as recipes vary. [8] [9]

The eggs are cracked into a bowl with salt and pepper, and the mixture is stirred or whisked. Alternatively, the eggs are cracked directly into a hot pan or skillet, and the whites and yolks stirred together as they cook. In Food in England (1954) Dorothy Hartley comments, "There are two main schools: one (which I believe to be correct) breaks in the eggs direct, so that particles of clear white and clear yellow remain in the creamy mass. The other school beats the eggs together first, maintaining it gives a smoother texture". [10] Elizabeth David (1960) takes the latter view: "For scrambled eggs, unlike those for an omelette, the eggs should be very well beaten". [11]

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Preparation in pans

The mixture can be poured into a hot pan containing melted butter or oil, where it starts coagulating. [12] The heat is turned down and the eggs are stirred as they cook. This creates small, soft curds of egg. A thin pan is preferable to prevent browning. With continuous stirring, and not allowing the eggs to stick to the pan, the eggs themselves will maintain the pan temperature at about the boiling point of water, until they coagulate. In their Mastering the Art of French Cooking (1961), Simone Beck, Louisette Bertholle and Julia Child write, "Scrambled eggs in French style are creamy soft curds that just hold their shape from fork to mouth. Their preparation is entirely a matter of stirring the eggs over gentle heat until they slowly thicken as a mass into a custard." [13]

Alternatively, Escoffier describes using a double boiler [14] [15] as the heating source, which does not need adjustment as the direct heating method does. The eggs are directly placed in the cooker and mixed during the heating and not before. Cooking by this method prevents the eggs from browning while being cooked and gives aerated and creamy scrambled eggs. [15] This method was used in the "old classical kitchen" and guarantees the eggs are always cooked perfectly; it is, however, more time-consuming than the modern skillet method, taking up to 40 minutes to ensure perfect quality. [14]

Once the liquid has mostly set, additional ingredients such as ham, herbs, cheese, or cream [12] may be folded in over low heat until incorporated. The eggs are usually slightly undercooked when removed from heat since the eggs will continue to set. If any liquid is seeping from the eggs (syneresis), this is a sign of undercooking, overcooking, or adding undercooked high-moisture vegetables.

Scrambled eggs can be cooked in a microwave oven, [16] and can also be prepared using sous-vide cooking, which gives the traditional smooth creamy texture and requires only occasionally mixing during cooking. [17] Another technique for cooking creamy scrambled eggs is to pipe steam into eggs with butter via a steam wand (as found on an espresso machine). [18]

Variations

Scotch woodcock, a British dish of scrambled eggs and anchovy paste on toast Scotch woodcock brit-wiki.jpg
Scotch woodcock, a British dish of scrambled eggs and anchovy paste on toast
121 variants of scrambled egg
NameEnglishIngredientsRef
à l'amiraladmiral's stylegarnished with diced lobster, served with lobster sauce [19]
aux anchoiswith anchoviesmixed with chopped anchovies garnished with strips of anchovy fillets [19]
Antoinemixed with diced fried bacon, herbs and capers covered with brown butter [19]
à l'archiduchessearchduchessmixed with diced ham and mushrooms, seasoned with paprika, garnished with asparagus [20]
à l'Argenteuilwith asparagusgarnished with asparagus tips [19]
à l'arlésienneArles stylemixed with diced aubergine and tomatoes tossed in butter [19]
Aumalemixed with diced tomatoes, with diced veal kidneys in madeira sauce in the centre [20]
Balzacmixed with diced ox tongue and truffle, garnished with croutons coated with onion purée served with demi-glace tomato [20]
à la batelièreboatsmans stylemixed with chopped chives, served in tartlets lined with purée of sole [19]
Bellymixed with diced salt pork and chopped chives served with demi-glace [19]
Benclangarnished with diced peppers, sprinkled with chopped truffles [21]
à la bonne femmehousewife's stylemixed with croutons fried in butter, served with demi-glace [21]
à la bordelaiseBordeaux stylemixed with diced mushrooms, garnished with triangles of fried bread, served with bordelaise sauce [21]
à la bourguignonneBurgundy stylemixed with chopped snails, diced bacon, garlic chopped nuts and parsley, served with Madeira sauce [21]
à la brésilienneBrazilian stylemixed with strips of red peppers, served in puff pastry case, served with tomato sauce, mixed with chopped ham [21]
Bressegarnished with sautéed chicken livers and slices of truffle, served with demi-glace [21]
CambridgeCambridge stylemixed with diced lobster, mushrooms and peppers served with cream sauce [21]
Cannelonspuff pastry horns filled with scrambled eggs [20]
Carêmemixed with diced goose liver, chicken and truffles served in puff pastry shell, garnished with sliced truffle served with demi-glace [20]
Carnotmixed with cockscombs and mushrooms, garnished with cocks' kidneys, served with demi-glace [21]
à la châlonnaiseChalons stylegarnished with cockscombs and kidneys, with cream sauce [21]
Chambordserved on slices of fried aubergine, served with demi-glace [21]
aux champignonswith mushroomsmixed with diced or sliced mushrooms, served with Spanish sauce [20]
Chantillywith whipped creammixed with whipped cream, sprinkled with chopped chives [21]
Châtillongarnished with sliced, sautéed mushrooms, sprinkled with chopped chives, topped with fried parsley [20]
à la comtessecountessmixed with shrimps garnished with asparagus tips, served with demi-glace [21]
aux crevetteswith shrimpsmixed with shrimps [21]
Crispigarnished with diced, sautéed tomatoes and croutons fried in butter [21]
aux croûtonswith fried breadmixed with small croutons fried in butter [21]
Divettemixed with crayfish tails, served with crayfish sauce mixed with diced crayfish and asparagus tips [20]
Don Juanmixed with chopped green peppers, garnished with strips of anchovy fillets, served with madeira sauce [21]
Eierröstidiced bread, soaked in warm milk stirred mixed with hot butter and beaten eggs, prepared the same way as scrambled eggs (Swiss) [21]
Elliotdressed in border of rice, served with madeira sauce [21]
Elviramixed with diced truffles, filled in flat puff pastry shell, garnished with fried goose liver coated with paprika sauce, green asparagus tips dressed in centre [21]
à l'épicurienneepicureantruffles and mushrooms, served with demi-glace [21]
Esaumixed with diced fried bacon, dressed on bed of lentils, served with demi-glace [21]
À l'espagnoleSpanish styleserved on halved fried tomatoes, garnished thinly sliced peppers [20]
à l'estragonwith tarragonmixed with chopped tarragon, served with demi-glace with tarragon essence [21]
Figarogarnished with sliced sausage, served with Montebello sauce [21]
aux fines herbeswith herbsmixed with chopped parsley, tarragon, chervil and chives [21]
aux foies de volaillewith chicken liversgarnished with sautéed chicken livers tossed in Madeira sauce [20]
Forestièreforester-stylewith mushrooms and diced bacon [20]
Georgetteserved in baked potato skins, eggs mixed with diced crayfish [20]
Gordonmixed with truffles, served in puff pastry shell, garnished with beef marrow, served with Chateaubriand sauce [22]
à la grand'mèregrandmother's stylemixed with chopped parsley and croutons fried in butter [22]
Graziellalarge brioche, hollowed out, filled with plain scrambled eggs and sautéed slices of mushrooms, served with fried slices of veal kidneys [22]
à la hambourgeoiseHamburg stylegarnished with strips of boned and skinned herring fillets [22]
Hangtown frymixed with diced fried bacon and fried oysters [22]
Héloïsemixed with strips of ox tongue, chicken and mushrooms served with tomato sauce [22]
a l'homardwith lobstergarnished with diced lobster in lobster sauce [22]
Huysmansmixed with diced mushrooms and artichoke bottoms, filled in puff pastry shell, garnished with slices of veal kidneys, served with madeira sauce [22]
a l'italienneItalian stylein risotto with diced tomatoes, served with tomato sauce [22]
au jambonwith hammixed with diced or chopped ham [22]
Jérômepuff pastry shell half filled with chopped game, topped with scrambled eggs [22]
Joinvillemixed with diced shrimps, mushrooms and truffles, served in puff pastry case, garnished with shrimps, a slice of truffle and a mushroom [22]
à la laitièredairymaid stylemixed with grated Emmenthal cheese, chopped parsley, chives and chervil [22]
Lessepsgarnished with slices of fried calf's brain, poured over with brown butter [22]
Leuchtenbergmixed with chopped chives, caviar in the centre [22]
Lucullusmixed with diced truffles, garnished with slices of truffles, served with demi-glace [22]
à la madrilèneMadrid stylemixed with cream and diced sautéed tomatoes [22]
Magdamixed with chopped herbs, mustard and grated Parmesan, garnished with fried triangular croutons [20]
Manonmixed with chopped mushrooms and truffles, dressed on tartlet of chicken forcemeat croquette, served with truffled velouté sauce [22]
Mariemixed with grated parmesan, in puff pastry case, sprinkled with chopped truffles [22]
Marivauxmixed with chopped truffles, large mushroom cap in centre, served with sliced mushrooms and meat glaze [20]
Marymixed with chopped truffles and sweet red peppers dressed in puff pastry case [22]
à la mauresqueMoorish stylemixed with chopped tried sausage and ham [22]
Mercédèsmixed with chopped chives, dressed in flat hollow brioche or roll filled with diced tomatoes tossed in oil, served with tomato sauce [22]
à la mexicaineMexican stylemixed with diced green peppers, served with tomato sauce [22]
Mezeraigarnished with grilled halved lamb kidneys and truffle slices, served with truffle sauce [23]
à la monégasqueMonacogarnished with slices of lobster, masked with lobster sauce [23]
Montbarrymixed with diced mushrooms truffles and alien-ragas tips, served on rice mixed with grated parmesan and Swiss cheese [23]
à la nantaiseNantes styleon fried bread croutons, garnished with sardines [23]
Nantuamixed with diced crayfish tails and truffles, garnished with sliced truffles, served with crayfish sauce [23]
à la normande,Normandy stylegarnished with poached oysters served with Normandy sauce [23]
à la norvégienneNorwegian stylegarnished with strips of anchovy fillets and served on toast [23]
œufs de vanneau à la printanièrescrambled plovers eggs, spring stylein flat puff pastry case, topped with puree of morels, mixed with diced truffles, sprinkled with chopped herbs [23]
Operamixed with diced sautéed chicken livers, garnished with asparagus tips, served with buttered veal gravy [23]
à l'orientaleoriental stylemixed with diced tomatoes, sautéed with onions, and diced green peppers, garnished with croutons coated with onion puree, served with meat glaze [23]
Orloffgarnished with crayfish tails and truffles [20]
a l'ostendaiseostend stylemixed with poached oysters, served with oyster sauce [23]
Panthéonmixed with diced chicken livers and mushrooms, garnished with fleurons served with truffle sauce [23]
Parmentierdiced fried potatoes, in meat glaze with chopped parsley [23]
aux Parmesanwith Parmesanmixed with grated Parmesan, sprinkled with chopped parsley [23]
Paulusgarnished with diced tomatoes and sweet green peppers [23]
Pisto Manchego Espanolamixed with diced bacon, tomatoes, chopped onions and parsley sautéed in oil (Spanish) [23]
aux pointes d'aspergeswith asparagus tipsmixed with green asparagus tips, a small bunch of asparagus tips in the centre [23]
à la portugaisePortuguese stylemixed with diced tomatoes, served with tomato sauce muted tomatoes in centre [23]
Princessmixed with asparagus tips, garnished with asparagus tips and truffle slices, served with cream sauce [23]
Princess Mariemixed with grated parmesan and diced truffles, served in pastry shells or cocotte dishes [20]
à la provençaleProvençal stylemixed with diced tomatoes, garlic and chopped parsley [23]
Rachelmixed with diced truffles and asparagus tips, garnished with sliced truffles, served with demi-glace [20]
Ranhoferserved in artichoke bottoms, garnished with ox marrow coated with burgundy sauce [23]
Raspailmixed with diced celery, tomatoes and cream [23]
à la reine HortenseQueen Hortensemixed with diced lobster and mushrooms, garnished with pilau rice, mixed with diced red peppers and peas, pressed into small moulds and turned out served with lobster sauce [23]
à la reine MargotQueen Margaretwith pistachio butter and velouté, served in tartlets [20]
à la romaineRoman stylemixed with chopped anchovy fillets, shredded spinach and garlic, served with demi-glace mixed with tomato purée [23]
Rothschildwith crayfish, asparagus tips, sliced truffles and Nantua sauce [20]
Rôtisserie Périgourdinemixed with diced truffles, filled in flat puff pastry case, garnished with slices of truffles cooked in Burgundy, coated with buttered burgundy sauce [23]
Rotraudmixed with crayfish sauce, asparagus tips in centre, garnished with sliced truffles and crayfish tails, served with crayfish sauce [24]
SalamanqueSalamancamixed with diced truffles served on artichoke bottoms covered with cheese sauce and glazed [24]
Sans-gêneserved on artichoke bottoms garnished with ox marrow, served with Burgundy sauce and sprinkled with chopped parsley [24]
Sappho Bernhardtgarnished with slices of truffles cockscombs and cocks' kidneys, served with cream sauce [24]
Saragossamixed with diced fried ham, garnished with thick fried slices of bananas and corn fritters, served with tomato sauce [24]
Schinkelmixed with strips of ham, artichoke bottoms and mushrooms, in border of puff pastry, served with buttered meat glaze mixed with chopped tarragon, crayfish butter dropped on top [24]
St Denisserved in very large grilled mushroom caps, with red wine sauce [24]
à la suisseSwiss stylemixed with diced Swiss cheese, in tartlets, sprinkled with grated cheese and gratinated [24]
à la sultanesultan's stylefinished with pistachio butter, served in baked border of duchess potatoes [24]
Sylvetteserved in puff pastry tartlet filled with crayfish purée, garnished with truffle, served with Madeira sauce [24]
Tartuffemixed with fried diced bacon served in puff pastry case, served with truffle sauce [24]
aux tomateswith tomatoesmixed with diced sautéed tomatoes [24]
Torontoserved in hollowed out tomatoes, covered with Bordeaux sauce, sprinkled with grated cheese and glazed rapidly [24]
aux truffeswith trufflesmixed with diced truffles, garnished with truffle slices, served with demi-glace [24]
à la turqueTurkish stylehalf aubergine fried, tomatoes and onions, seasoned with saffron, topped with scrambled eggs [24]
Urbain Duboismixed with diced lobster, served in hollowed lobster claws, coated with lobster sauce [24]
Vaucourtmixed with diced truffles and asparagus tips served in border of baked duchess potatoes, garnished with truffle slices, served with demi-glace [24]
Vert-prégreen meadowtartlets half filled with puree of spinach or lettuce, topped with scrambled eggs, sprinkled with chopped herbs, served with velouté [24]
Villemainserved in puff pastry tartlets or patties on chicken forcemeat eggs mixed with diced mushrooms [24]
Waldorflarge grilled mushroom caps stuffed with scrambled eggs, small round slice of truffled goose liver pâté on top, served with truffle sauce [24]
Walewskagarnished with dice of truffles and lobster, bound with cream sauce blended with lobster butter, served with the same sauce [25]
à la westphalienneWestphalian stylemixed with fried diced Westphalian ham [25]
Yvettemixed with crayfish tails, garnished with asparagus tips, served with crayfish sauce [20]
Video showing the steps in which basic scrambled eggs are prepared with mushrooms and cheese

Britain

France

Italy

An Italian version of scrambled eggs: Uova stracciate al formaggio. In addition to the eggs and butter, cream is added, and when the eggs are cooked, grated Parmesan cheese is sprinkled on the top. [31]

Nigeria

Philippines

Poqui poqui, a scrambled egg dish with grilled eggplants, tomatoes, shallots, and garlic, from the Philippines Ilocos Norte Currimao Sitio Remedios - Poqui Poqui.jpg
Poqui poqui, a scrambled egg dish with grilled eggplants, tomatoes, shallots, and garlic, from the Philippines

South America

Syria

US

See also

Notes

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Florentine (culinary term)</span> Term in French cuisine

Florentine or à la Florentine is a term from classic French cuisine that refers to dishes that typically include a base of cooked spinach, a protein component and Mornay sauce. Chicken Florentine is the most popular version. Because Mornay sauce is a derivation of béchamel sauce which includes roux and requires time and skill to prepare correctly, many contemporary recipes use simpler cream-based sauces.

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