New cooking method

How to make the perfect breakfast egg

Egg whites and yolks require different cooking temperatures, which poses challenges for chefs.

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It's either too hard or too soft, but rarely perfect: the breakfast egg. Scientists in Italy have now found the optimal cooking method - but it requires more patience than the usual three to five minutes.

According to Statistics Austria, Austrians eat an average of 248 eggs per year. In view of the current supply shortage and the resulting price increases for eggs, it is therefore all the more important to ensure that they are perfectly prepared. But this is anything but easy ...