Lessons > Eggs | Frying, Basting & Poaching
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Lesson Overview
Fried eggs, as well as basted eggs and poached eggs, are popular breakfast items. These skills are not difficult to master but once you get the hang of them, you will be able to quickly and expertly handle the first and most important meal of the day.
In this lesson, you will learn how to prop…
Click to expand...Lesson Objectives
At the end of this lesson you'll be able to:
- fry eggs
- baste eggs
- poach eggs in a liquid and in clarified butter
- cook eggs to the desired doneness using each method
- poach eggs ahead of time
Course Syllabus
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| 1. | Introduction: Eggs | Frying, Basting & Poaching | 3 mins |
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| 2. | Complete Your Self Assessment | 2 mins |
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| 3. | How to Pan Fry Eggs | 30 mins |
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| 4. | How to Baste Eggs | 20 mins |
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| 5. | How to Poach Eggs | 30 mins |
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| 6. | Lesson Quiz | 15 mins |
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| Finish Line | 1 hr 40 mins | Total Time |
Practice Recipes
A few of the practice recipes you'll learn in this lesson.
Prerequisites & Related Lessons
Please consider these additional lessons to support your learning and discovery. Some of these lessons are prerequisites that may help contextualize what you are learning and form a baseline of knowledge and skill. Other lessons are related and may help you explore next steps or dive deeper on a learning topic.
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6 Tasks
Task 1: Introduction: Eggs | Frying, Basting & Poaching
Task 2: Complete Your Self Assessment
Task 3: How to Pan Fry Eggs
Task 4: How to Baste Eggs
Task 5: How to Poach Eggs
Task 6: Lesson Quiz
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