Hard Boiling An Egg

My oldest daughter asked about this and, although an easy answer at face value, it is a little more difficult to get it right.

Have you noticed that sometimes eggs are hard to shell?  Sometimes the yolks are greenish-gray rather than yellow?  Well, that is nature’s way of telling you, you have not mastered the boiled egg..... 

So, here are some tips:

• Let the eggs to be boiled come to room temperature before boiling
• Place the eggs in the smallest pan which will allow them lay in a single layer
• NO stacking of eggs, cook two batches instead!
• Bring the eggs to a hard boil, then turn off the heat
• Allow the eggs to remain in the hot water on the stove for 10 to 13 minutes.  This depends upon your pans and how well they hold heat.
• Immediately put under cold running water until they have cooled 
• Drain and place in the refrigerator

It may take some playing on your part to get it "just right" as no range/pan combination is the same.  But, with practice you will be able to have a beautiful hard boiled egg to work with.