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Hi guys, me and the Food Tube family together with our friends at LV
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are here to help you guys out!
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You've told us what your biggest cooking headaches are
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so together we'll show you our secret tips and tricks which will change the way you cook forever.
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So here you have it, how to poach the perfect eggs three ways.
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Super, silky, gorgeous eggs every time
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The only way to poach the perfect egg is if you have really, really fresh eggs, end of story.
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When it gets to the shopping don't go to the front, go to the back and get your eggs.
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Even if you have to knock them all over go to the back because they're going to be the freshest ones.
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Next, bring your water to the boil, that means that there's bubbles
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Take it off so they subside. Look at the water, there's no bubbles here guys, it's just poaching.
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Poaching is not boiling. Boiling will smash the eggs all around. Poached egg, gentle.
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My egg, you crack it into there and you just plop it in
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And if you have lovely fresh eggs you're gonna win most of the time.
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Some people say put some vinegar in the water, really? Why?
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Yes it does firm up the egg but it tastes like vinegar so what I would suggest, don't bother.
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As far as cooking is concerned, roughly around three minutes is gonna give you a softish egg
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Then it's down to you to use your noddle.
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So get in there. So I'm just touching that and you want it to kinda feel like a lovely, fresh, springy mozzarella.
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A nice little poached egg, it's cooked to perfection.
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So there you go, a basic poached egg on toast.
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If you haven't got fresh eggs I do have a few little tips. First up, if you spin your spoon around in the pan like this
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and then you get your egg and plop it in the middle, if you see the inertia of the water is wrapping it around the yolk
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So while we cook that I've got some lovely asparagus here. Now I've dressed it with a little oil, a pinch of salt, a little lemon juice
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If you look in here now it's kind of cooking quite nicely. You can see how it's just wrapped around
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So let's have a little look here. Let's bring that up. You can see it's more pouchy now.
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So look, on the asparagus. I'm just gonna season it with a little salt, a little pepper. Of course just stabbing it a little bit so it oozes
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And I'm just gonna shave some lovely bits of parmesan over the top like that
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If you're cooking for yourself that's a nice little cheat that'll give you a nice product
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But when I'm poaching eggs I'm doing five/six.
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So I have a little technique. You get some food safe Clingfilm, okay? Just get a little piece of it like that, put it into a little bowl
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Put a tiny little bit of oil and just rub it around. Crack in the egg. The nice thing also is that you can flavour these as well,
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you can put chopped herbs in, you can put some harissa in there which is that lovely, spicy, chilli paste.
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Pull in the sides like this and tie it in a knot, it's really easy and what that's gonna do is give you that perfect shape
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that really guarantees perfection. I'm gonna plop that straight into our water.
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So let's open it up. Just get a knife or a pair of scissors and just snip off the end.
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You know you can put herbs in there, chilli in there, spiced truffles, flavoured butters.
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But look, perfection. Absolutely cylindrical, perfect. Soft, delicate, gorgeous. So how do you cook your eggs?
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