nav[aria-label="Primary Navigation"] { padding: 0; & ul { list-style: none; width: 100%; display: flex; flex-direction: row; justify-content: start; align-items: start; gap: 30px; padding: 0; & li { margin: 0; } & ul li { list-style: none; } } }

Steam Wand Eggs

Nico_100741

Hi chefs,

I discovered a breakthrough egg cooking method recently when I had to make Creme Anglaise in a hurry:

- I used the steamer wand of the espresso machine!

I placed my yolks, cream, sugar & vanilla in a metal container and turned on the steamer wand, submerged.

It cooked the raw mixture gently and it thickened into perfect sauce in about one minute.

I have also made amazing steam wand-scrambled eggs with it and am going to experiment with Lemon Curd next.

Please give it a try and feel free to pass it on to anyone.

Just wanted to share this:)

Find more posts tagged with

Recipes Q's

Comments

grant

Uh, that is the best way to get stuff from the outside yes. But the inside of steam wands really do need flushing as liquids are sucked up into the wands when you turn off steam.

So, make a solution of 5% citric acid powder into water, and steam that. Turn the wand off and leave it submerged in the steaming pitcher. Cycle that a few times then repeat with fresh water. You will see that the wand now steams with more constancy at the small pin holes at the bottom and you might even see nasty little milk chunks in the rinsing water.

justinkent505

Chef Jody Williams who owns Buvette in New York and Paris has been doing this for a long time. They make for some pretty fluffy eggs if done right.

Nico_100741

You have to put a lot of cream in the mix - like 40% and it'll end up like a fluid gel.

Nico_100741

Good to know thanks!

Nico_100741

Wrap the wand with a wet rag, turn it on for 20 seconds. Everything should wipe right off. That's how we do it at our restaurant.

Tim_Roth_78505

What's the best way to clean out a wand if something like this happens? My lab's got a shared machine, and our steam wand's been gettin' pretty grody just from the milk.

grant

Be careful not to jam up the wand. It pulls a vacuum as soon as you stop the steam. So make sure to spray it out and wipe it super clean. Can get real bad.

michaelnatkin

That's pretty cool! I've seen people use the wand to make scrambled eggs, but it is pretty violent. The anglaise idea is neat. Just be sure to clean the wand very well afterwards.

Jack_Mayer_85396

@Nico - what a cool idea, thanks for sharing it with the community! I'll be trying this ...