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You should not beat egg yolks at high speed to start with

Name: You should not beat egg yolks at high speed to start with
Yield: 3 eggs yolks
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 3 egg yolks; 75 g caster sugar

You should not start beating egg yolks and caster sugar at high speed, because this splashes drops of egg yolk against the sides of the bowl, which then go hard as they dry.

100 K 2× 4.0/5 (42 reviews)

Easy

3 eggs yolks

2 Ingredients

Last modified on: February 21^th 2011

For 3 eggs yolks, you will need:

1 3 egg yolks
2 75 g caster sugar
Total weight: 135 grams

Step by step recipe

Stage 1

To avoid this, you should start beating gently, without switching on your mixer, just stir it round. By doing this, you will break egg yolks and start to mix them with sugar.

Stage 2

Once this premix is done, you can switch on the mixer and beat as normal.

Don't forget that you should not leave egg yolks in sugar to wait any length of time.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	9 RDI=4 %	80 RDI=7 %	20 RDI=3 %	510 RDI=30 %	2,140 RDI: 30 %
Per 100 g	7 RDI=3 %	60 RDI=5 %	10 RDI=2 %	380 RDI=20 %	1,580 RDI: 20 %
Per egg yolks	3 RDI=1 %	30 RDI=2 %	6 RDI=1 %	170 RDI=9 %	710 RDI: 9 %

Possible allergens in this recipe: egg

How much will it cost?

For 3 eggs yolks : 0.25 €
Per egg yolks : 0.10 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

Caster sugar

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Egg yolk

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Posted by jh march 17^th 2016 at 08:22 n° 2
Why shouldn't you leave egg yolks in sugar?
Posted by SK march 17^th 2016 at 08:03 n° 1

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