Egg sandwich

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At the bosom of a large ovum sandwich is simply a creamy ovum filling and indispensable to this are brushed boiled, not hard boiled eggs! The creamy yolks practically makes its ain mayonnaise condiment and the soft-set ovum whites astir melt successful your mouth.

Egg sandwich thoughts

You wouldn’t deliberation that idiosyncratic would person truthful galore opinions astir a elemental ovum sandwich, but arsenic I sat down to constitute this recipe, it turns retired I do! Here’s my ovum sandwich thought-dump, astir successful care-factor order:

No rubbery bits of whites – I don’t similar small steadfast bits of ovum whites successful what should beryllium a creamy ovum filling. So I usage brushed boiled eggs with brushed just-set ovum whites, alternatively than hard boiled eggs which is much communal successful modular ovum sandwiches.
Semi homemade mayo – Soft boiled eggs = creamy yolk = practically makes its ain semi-homemade mayonnaise. It’s truthful good! Better flavour and much luxurious with little mayonnaise required.
No celery. I cognize that mightiness beryllium an unpopular sentiment but crunchy bits successful a creamy ovum filling, nary substance however tiny oregon finely sliced, conscionable don’t entreaty to me. Goes successful the aforesaid bucket arsenic #1.
Soft bread is best. Too overmuch filling oozes retired erstwhile you wound the sandwich if you usage chewy, crusty artisan breadstuff similar sourdough.

So, if each that sounds bully to you, past fto maine present to the ovum sandwich of your dreams!

Creamy ovum sandwich filling

Here’s an up-close-and-personal look astatine the filling. The near photograph is conscionable brushed boiled eggs mashed up. You tin spot that it’s already beauteous creamy, adjacent earlier adding the mayonnaise! Then the photograph connected the close is the finished filling aft adding the mayonnaise and mustard.

What you request for my ovum sandwich

As already emphasised a fig of times (reeks of passion, right??!), the cardinal constituent present is brushed boiled alternatively than hard boiled eggs! With creamy yolks, you lone request a specified dab of mayonnaise and smidge of mustard for a creamy, luxurious filling.

If you don’t person chives, substitute with finely minced greenish onion.

Soft boiled eggs – The creamy yolk gives you a caput commencement connected the creamy condiment truthful we lone request 1 tablespoonful of mayonnaise for 6 eggs (4 sandwiches). So we’re benignant of making a semi-homemade mayonnaise here!
Mayonnaise – Whole ovum mayo is creamier and little tangy than mean mayo. My favourite marque is S&W (Australia), followed by Hellman’s and Kewpie (equal second).
Dijon mustard – For flavour and a interaction of tang.
Chives – For freshness and bully greenish bits successful our filling.
Salt – Just 1/8 teaspoon! Trust maine connected this. Egg is weirdly brackish adverse. The other of potatoes which tin instrumentality loads of salt!

Best breadstuff for ovum sandwiches

As for the bread, you tin truly usage thing you privation though for accepted tea-type sandwiches (like pictured), brushed achromatic sandwich breadstuff is the go. My lone extremity is to debar crusty, chewy artisan breadstuff (like sourdough). Filling ooze issues. Stick with brushed bread!

How to marque ovum sandwiches

And the making part:

Cook brushed boiled eggs and peel (8 minutes successful boiling water). For afloat directions spot my boiled eggs recipe, but I’ve included abbreviated directions successful the look paper below.
Mash the eggs utilizing a fork to get it started, past a murphy masher. The finer you mash, the creamier your filling! Once good mashed, you’ll spot your filling is already semi-creamy.
Filling – Stir successful the mayo, mustard, chives, brackish and pepper.
Spread food on the bread.
Spread filling connected bread, from borderline to edge!
Crusts – If you’re going for quaint English beverage sandwiches, trim the crusts disconnected past chopped to your desired shape. The sandwiches pictured successful station person been chopped into 3 rectangles (4 sandwiches chopped into a full of 12 digit sandwiches).
TIP: For other neat edges, refrigerate the sandwiches for 1 hr earlier cutting. This volition acceptable the filling truthful you tin chopped much neatly. But beryllium definite to service astatine country temperature!

Egg sandwiches acceptable to beryllium eaten

And determination you person it! My ovum sandwich. I cognize determination are recipes retired determination with much bells and whistles, utilizing fancier ingredients similar creme fraiche, possibly a smidge of curry powder, and different add-ins.

But to me, each that is unnecessary if you usage brushed boiled eggs. This is 1 of those recipes wherever the extremity effect is truthful overmuch much than the sum of its parts. I anticipation you springiness it a go! Let maine cognize what you deliberation if you do. And also, you cognize I ever emotion proceeding your thoughts connected my thoughts connected matters of food. Do you disagree with my presumption connected brushed boiled eggs? Do you deliberation celery is mandatory? Fancier bread? Bring connected the ovum sandwich debate! 😂 – Nagi x

Watch however to marque it

Egg sandwich

Recipe video above. At the bosom of a large ovum sandwich is simply a creamy ovum filling and indispensable to this are brushed boiled, not hard boiled eggs! The creamy yolks practically makes its ain mayonnaise condiment and the soft-set ovum whites astir dissolve successful your mouth.

If you're making to impress, refrigerate to steadfast the filling truthful you tin chopped neat edges.

Course Lunch, Sandwich

Cuisine Universal, Western

Keyword egg salad, ovum sandwich

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 8 minutes

Egg cooling clip 10 minutes

Servings full sandwiches

Calories 376cal

Author Nagi

Ingredients

Egg sandwich filling:

6 soft boiled eggs , astatine country somesthesia (Note 1)
1 tbsp whole ovum mayonnaise (S&W marque best, Note 2)
2 tsp dijon mustard
2 tsp finely chopped chives (sub greenish onion)
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/8 tsp cooking/kosher salt (yes really, that's all!)

Sandwich:

8 slices soft achromatic sandwich bread (Note 3)
Soft salted butter , for spreading connected bread

Instructions

Mash egg: Place the eggs successful a vessel and crush with a fork. Once mostly breached up, usage a murphy masher to mash them up truly well. Smaller ovum achromatic bits = creamier filling.
Filling: Add remaining filling ingredients and mildly disturbance to combine. Taste and adhd much brackish if desired, but adhd with caution due to the fact that it's bizarre however small brackish eggs tin take!
Make sandwich: Butter the bread. Divide filling betwixt 4 pieces of bread, dispersed evenly borderline to edge. Trim crusts (optional), past chopped arsenic you wish. (Note 4 tips)
Serve: Always service astatine country temperature, for champion flavour!

Notes

1. Soft boiled eggs – Boil 10cm/4″ water, mildly spot eggs in, acceptable timer for 8 minutes. Cool 10 minutes successful descend oregon ample vessel of acold water. Peel from basal successful water. (See boil eggs recipe for afloat directions & the why)

2. Mayonnaise – Whole ovum mayo is creamier and little tangy than mean mayo. My recommended is S&W (Australia), followed by Hellman’s and Kewpie (equal second).

3. Bread – My preferred is Baker’s Delight modular achromatic sandwich breadstuff (thick chopped which is thicker than modular slices) but immoderate sandwich breadstuff with work. (Australian concatenation bakery brand). Though if you usage precise chewy artisan breadstuff with heavy crusts, you whitethorn acquisition filling ooze issues erstwhile eating. The filling is creamy!!

4.Cutting – For other neat cuts, refrigerate for 1 hr earlier cutting (this firms the filling). Pictured successful station – each sandwich chopped into 3 rectangle fingers. Other options diagonal (2 oregon 4 per sandwich) oregon squares.

5. Storage – 2 days successful the fridge, but delight devour astatine country temperature! You can’t sensation the filling arsenic overmuch erstwhile fridge cold.

Nutrition per sandwich assuming 1 tbsp array food dispersed per sandwich.