French Scrambled Eggs

yooper's Note:

This comes from the most recent edition of "The Joy of Cooking." Takes a little elbow grease, and you'll need a double boiler. These are the creamiest, richest and most lucious tasting scrambeled eggs I've ever eaten!

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 2

• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 4 large eggs
• kosher salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• warm buttered toast

Directions:

1. Place 1-inch of water in the bottom of a double boiler and heat until boiling, reduce the heat to very low.
2. When the water is simmering, place the top of the double boiler over the water.
3. Add 1 tablespoon of the butter and heat until melted.
4. Meanwhile, whisk the eggs in a medium bowl just until combined.
5. Add 1 tablespoon butter, cut into small pieces, salt to taste and a grinding of pepper.
6. Pour into the double boiler.
7. Cook, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon or heatproof rubber spatula, until eggs are thickened into soft curds, 10 to 15 minutes.
8. To serve, place a slice of toast on the side of each of two plates and spoon the eggs into the center.

Reviews

[Missy Wombat]

Cooking scrambled eggs slowly makes a heck of a difference! Everything the man said in his intro LOL. If you have the time, do it this way. I wouldn't have thought about using a double boiler but now that I know about this method it will be used a LOT!

[StacyMD187373]

Tasty eggs, but, in my opinion, not really worth the extra dishes and time. (Sorry, I'm a bit lazy.) The eggs were good, but didn't notice enough difference to make them this way all the time. Sorry. Fun to try! Made for Zaar Alphabet Soup Tag Game.

[ulysses]

You definitely need a double boiler. I tried a ghetto-double-boiler with a pot and a pyrex dish and it came out as a big pile of inedible goo.