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Receta Coddled Eggs with Nutmeg Mousse and Oxalis

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When I moved out from Colorado to California, Warren – he who should be king – sneaked in his favorite plant, a flowering clover that would test any green thumb with its finicky and sensitive nature. Quickly in California we discovered that our delicate hothouse exotic was considered a common weed called oxalis or sour grass, and it’s the bane of every gardener. I now spend hours in the garden carefully extracting this nuisance and its horrid seeds from the rich earth.

So you can imagine my surprise, while reading Point de Vue (an idiotic French weekly about the European royals and their social calendars, balls, gowns and jewels) I came upon an article titled “Oeufs Coque Mousseuse de Muscade Piqure d’Oxalis. And there in the picture, was my little hated weed. Zut alors, there is something you can do with this infernal weed and I am Queen of the Crop. So, amuse-toi bien (go have a blast) and try this number that I’ve just finished translating, especially if you have oxalis in your backyard. I’m going to check it out too.

Coddled Eggs with Nutmeg Mousse and a Shot of Oxalis – This is a 3 part recipe: preparing the yolks, making the cream and boiling an extract of oxalis. Plan a good hour to test this thing.

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Raciónes: 4
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Ingredientes

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  • 4 eggs
  • 8 grains of Salt from Guerande or grey French sea salt
  • ½ grated nutmeg nut
  • 2 ounces of vegetable bouillon
  • 5 ounces of heavy cream
  • Salt & Pepper
  • 50 stems and 15 leaves of Oxalis

Direcciones

  1. Preparing the Yolks
  2. Decalotter (Nice word, means to take off the top) of the eggs with an egg topper (oh no, a new tool to buy)
  3. Clarify and separate the egg yolks from the egg whites and reintroduce each yolk back to an egg shell
  4. Heat the eggs (obviously with shells standing up) in a bain-marie for 3 minutes. Water should not boil but should slowly cook the eggs.
  5. When the yolks are lukewarm add Guerande salt to the measuring cup of cream. Now fill each egg with the cream (but leave a little space at the top). Using a syringe filled with the oxalis and bouillon extract, pierce through the whipped cream and yolks and inject the extract of oxalis at the bottom of the shell filling the little opening that you’ve made. (Oh yes, this is definitely a recipe for beginners)
  6. Preparing the Nutmeg Mousse
  7. In a small pot, boil 1 ounce of the vegetable bouillon, take pot of off the fire and add the nutmeg. Cover and let it sit for 15 minutes. Mix and put it thru a coffee filter so all you get is the essence of the nutmeg.
  8. Whip heavy cream until stiff, then add cream to nutmeg essence and salt & pepper to taste. Put it in a pastry bag in the refrigerator.
  9. Extract of Oxalis
  10. Boil the remaining ounce of bouillon, add the 50 stems and 15 leaves of oxalis, couple pinches of salt and a pinch of pepper. Cover and heat for a minute, then mix well and filter (coffee filter once again unless you have a fine sieve). Fill the syringe and follow the instructions on the last paragraph of Preparing the Yolks section.
  11. That’s it. All that work for 4 eggs, you’ve got to be crazy. On the other hands, what a great use for the oxalis.

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Nutrition Facts

Amount Per Serving %DV
Serving Size 1222g
Recipe makes 4 servings
Calories 570  
Calories from Fat 190 33%
Total Fat 21.69g 27%
Saturated Fat 9.99g 40%
Trans Fat 0.0g  
Cholesterol 235mg 78%
Sodium 544mg 23%
Potassium 3659mg 105%
Total Carbs 76.27g 20%
Dietary Fiber 29.3g 98%
Sugars 19.56g 13%
Protein 38.25g 61%
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