I have some ducks and have been hard-cooking the eggs, and they are great! (more)

[mistral]

I have three hen-ducks, no drakes (males).

I steam the eggs: place a rack in a pan that can be covered, fill with water to the bottom of the rack, bring water to a boil, add eggs , cover the pot and time them. I steam the duck eggs for a little over 12 minutes, as I have found that the duck eggs tend to cook more quickly than chicken eggs. When the time is up, I cook in a bowl of ice water till the eggs are completely cold.

These are great! The are peeling perfectly. The yolks are fully cooked but are not gone over into the dry, slightly chalky texteure that hen eggs can have. The duck eggs' yolks are creamy, fully cooked, the whites are tender and the whole thing is delicious.

Why did it take me so long to try this? I bake with them but have never tried them hard boiled. Well it was my loss, but now it is my gain!

 

[michael-in-phoenix]

I'd like to try them, but I don't have easy access to duck eggs. As for the steaming method,...

...I switched over to this way of cooking hard boiled eggs a couple of years ago. It is the best way I've found as well. I go a strict 13.5 minutes over rapidly boiling water and get perfectly cooked eggs with (like you said) creamy, moist yolks that are bright yellow and tender whites.

Our youngest son is home for the summer, having scored a nice internship here in Phoenix. I get texts from him that say, "Can you boil some more eggs for my lunch tomorrow. I think we're down to two." I respond, "No, but I will STEAM some...".

Michael
(I Am The Eggman. Goo Goo Ga Joob.)

 

[mistral]

Yes, the steaming method really does work. . .

I had a failure or two because I tried to put the eggs in before the water was boiling, but now, no problem. I have a pot and rack that will let me do 1 dozen at a time, and they are good!