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🍽️ Poached quail eggs with black truffle
192 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 12 quail eggs
- salt
- 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 80 g butter
- 1 pinch ground saffron
- 10 g truffle
- basil (for garnish)
Instructions
- 1. Pour 2 liters of water into a large pot and bring it to a boil.
- 2. Add vinegar to the water and reduce the heat so that the water barely simmers but does not boil.
- 3. Carefully crack a quail egg and place it into a small, rinsed ladle.
- 4. Let the egg slide slowly from the ladle into the warm water.
- 5. Cook the egg in the water for 8 minutes.
- 6. Repeat this process with the remaining eggs.
- 7. Make sure the water stays warm but never boils again.
- 8. Carefully lift the cooked eggs out of the water with a slotted spoon.
- 9. Let the eggs drain briefly and place them in a pre-warmed bowl.
- 10. Clean the truffle of dirt and wipe it dry.
- 11. Slice the truffle thinly or shave it.
- 12. Foam the butter in a pot.
- 13. Season the butter with saffron and salt.
- 14. Sauté the truffle slices briefly in the saffron butter.
- 15. Pour the saffron butter over the quail eggs.
- 16. Top the eggs with the truffle slices.
- 17. Garnish the dish with fresh basil.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 192
- Protein: 4 g · Fett/Fat: 19 g · Carbs: 1 g