4 yolks what to do. Egg yolk - recipes
You probably have some unused chicken egg yolks. Yolks are a delicious and incredibly healthy product that contains great amount valuable vitamins and minerals. We suggest that you familiarize yourself with several ideas for preparing a variety of dishes based on chicken yolks.
Every housewife knows that the secret of the glossy shine of pies and Christmas rolls is that their surface is smeared with egg yolk, ground with a little water and sugar.
Egg yolks are used in large quantities in the preparation of excellent.
On the basis of yolks and cream, you can make an excellent homemade ice cream crème brulee: mix 2 egg yolks with 5 tablespoons of sugar, mash, add 1 cup of warm milk and 1 cup heavy cream... Stirring continuously, heat the mixture until thickened. Remove from heat, refrigerate, add a pinch of vanillin and beat thoroughly with a mixer. Send the mass to the freezer for 2 hours. Pour the finished ice cream with jam, sprinkle with grated chocolate, nuts.
Without such an ingredient as egg yolk, it is impossible to imagine many sauces. It is included in the recipe as well. For its preparation, take 6 egg yolks, mix with 200 ml of white wine or 6% vinegar, beat. Then you need to put the mixture on low heat and add 150 g of melted butter with continuous beating. We continue beating until a thick consistency appears, remove from heat, add salt, pepper, other spices to taste, and additional ingredients(for example, shredded pieces of mushrooms or grated cheese).
And egg yolk is also used in the manufacture custard as a thickener, it is found in puddings.
Cut boiled yolks into salads of meat, fish, vegetables, and they will become even more delicious and nutritious.
Yolks are a must-have for many alcoholic cocktails, egg legs, flips. For example, the "Pleasure" flip is prepared like this: you need to mix 2 yolks, 150 g orange juice, 20 g lemon juice, 4 tablespoons of powdered sugar, 150 g cream, 600 g brandy. Beat the mixture well with a mixer, cool, pour into 6 servings.
Is it worth mentioning that egg yolks will make delicious scrambled eggs, scrambled eggs and an old children's delicacy - mogul?
Yolks have also found applications in cosmetology. They are used to make nourishing and moisturizing masks for the face and hair. You can apply the yolk to the skin in its natural form, or mix with other ingredients: milk, kefir, lemon juice, oat flakes, banana, olive oil.
We hope that the extra egg yolks will no longer be lost, because now you know how to successfully attach them.
Ingredients:
- Sugar
- Chicken eggs
How to make sugar-beaten egg yolks
Eggs are part of many dishes. It is difficult to imagine lush and tall biscuits without them, tender rolls and soufflé. Often in the recipes it is written: "Beat the yolks with sugar until the mass lightens and the sugar is completely dissolved." It turns out that this is not so easy, if you do not know one secret.
You can beat the yolks with sugar with a powerful mixer for 5 or 6 minutes, and the sugar will not completely dissolve in the yolks. You can, of course, just beat the yolk mass with sugar until clarification and incomplete dissolution of sugar, but this will not be entirely correct. Culinary experts often use powdered sugar or fine-crystalline instant sugar in their work so that it completely dissolves in the yolks.
But what if only regular sugar is at hand? It turns out that there is a way out. And in a few minutes you will have a fluffy light yolk mass with completely dissolved sugar in your bowl, ready to go.
How to beat yolks with sugar step by step instructions with a photo:
Step 1
For work we need eggs, sugar, hot water, two bowls of different sizes, a mixer.
Step 2
Separate the yolks from the whites. Place the yolks in a smaller bowl. Eggs should be room temperature.
Step 3
Add all the sugar at once. There is no need to add sugar in portions, as we do when beating the proteins with sugar.
Step 4
To build water bath... To do this, fill a large bowl with hot water (65-70 ° C). Place a smaller bowl of yolks on top. The top bowl should touch the hot water with the bottom and rest on the sides of the large bowl.
From the yolks. Cooking will require products that are always in the fridge, so there is no need to run to the store and buy various delicacies to create a dessert.
Hostess proteins are used in the preparation of many dishes, but yolks are not often used. What to do with the latter? They can be used for cooking for children and adults. Now we will tell you how to make cookies from yolks and sugar.
The first option for the preparation of such products
For cooking you will need:
6 yolks;
... baking powder and vanilla sugar(1 tsp each);
... 200 grams of margarine and the same amount of sugar;
... 750 grams of flour;
... salt;
... cinnamon (2 tsp);
... lemon zest.
Cookies:
1. First soften the margarine, then combine it with sugar.
2. Next add vanilla sugar, flour, baking powder and cinnamon. Mix everything thoroughly.
3. Drive the yolks into the mixture.
4. Then add the zest.
5. Then knead a soft and fluffy dough.
6. Next, roll out the dough ten millimeters thick.
7. Take the molds and cut the products out of it.
8. Now place the yolk cookies on the prepared baking sheet. Bake the figurines for fifteen minutes at 200 degrees. How to check that the yolk biscuits are ready? It should brown a little.
Delicate egg yolk products
To prepare this you will need:
520 grams of flour;
... 150 grams of powdered sugar;
... salt;
... 20 grams brown sugar;
... 100 grams of almonds;
... 4 yolks;
... 180 grams of butter;
... baking powder (1 tsp);
... several pieces of dark chocolate.
The process of creating products from egg yolks:
1. Put the oil out of the refrigerator first. It should warm up to room temperature. Then it will be much easier to mix it.
2. Then beat the butter with powdered sugar until creamy. This can be done either with a regular spoon or with a mixer. Of course, an electrical appliance will cope faster.
3. Add the yolks to the mass and beat again. The resulting mixture should become fluffy.
4. Then add flour with baking powder through a sieve. Knead the viscous dough quickly with a spoon. Then send it to the refrigerator. To do this, form a sausage with a diameter of five centimeters from the dough, wrap it in foil. Then put it in the refrigerator for half an hour.
5. Preheat oven to 220 degrees.
6. Remove the dough from the refrigerator, cut into pieces and place on a baking sheet. Place almonds on top of each circle.
7. Place the baking sheet in the oven and cook the cookies for twelve minutes. The golden-ruddy shade of the products is a sign of readiness.
for family and friends
These egg yolk cookies are very tender. In the cooking process, you will use vanilla, it will give the delicacy a pleasant aroma.
For cooking you will need:
130 grams of butter (your choice - butter or vegetable) and the same amount of powdered sugar;
... 4 yolks;
... salt, soda;
... 500 grams of jam (sweet);
... vanilla sugar (3 tsp).
Cookies:
1. Put the yolks in a container, add salt, sugar, butter and vanilla sugar.
2. Whisk all ingredients until smooth.
3. Next, add flour, a pinch of salt to the container. After kneading the dough, it should be loose.
4. Then divide it in two.
5. Take cover it with parchment, place on it a base of one bush of dough, larger in size.
6. Next, lay out the jam, spread evenly over the surface.
7. Then take out the second piece of dough and grate it while frozen. Sprinkle the crumbs on top of the jam. Next, send the product to the oven, preheated to 180 degrees, for forty minutes.
8. When the pie is done, cut it into pieces. The result is a Viennese cookie.
"A la truffle"
To make such cookies from boiled yolks, you will need:
150 grams of butter;
... 250 grams of flour;
... 40 grams of powdered sugar;
... 5 boiled egg yolks;
... 3 tbsp. tablespoons of sugar;
... 20 grams of cocoa powder.
Cooking process "a la truffle":
1. First crush the yolks in a bowl.
2. Then add flour, sifted beforehand, sugar, butter(melted).
3. Now knead the dough.
4. Then start making cookies from the yolks. To do this, pinch off a piece of dough and roll into balls, pressing a little, forming something like truffles (such sweets).
5. Then put the products on a baking sheet, oiled in advance, and send for twenty minutes to a preheated oven.
When the products are cold, roll them in cocoa powder.
"A la truffle"
You can also make these cookies in a glaze. How exactly? Now we will tell you in detail.
To prepare the glaze you will need:
70 grams of butter (the fatter the better);
... one tablespoon of sugar;
... half a glass of milk;
... 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder
... half a kilo of waffles (preferably "Artek").
The cooking process is very simple. Combine all ingredients in a container, besides the waffles (they are needed for another purpose). Then boil the resulting mass and let it cool slightly. At this time, take waffles, rub them on a grater.
Now take out the cookies, dip them first in the glaze, then in the grated waffles. Next, send the products to the refrigerator for an hour. The resulting delicacy will surely delight you with its taste.
Cookies from boiled yolks: a recipe for making delicate products
To prepare such products for tea, you will need:
5 yolks (boiled);
... 250 grams of margarine;
... 3 cups flour;
... a glass of sugar;
... for sprinkling, you can take either cocoa powder or powdered sugar.
The cookie making process: a step-by-step recipe
1. First, mix the yolks (they should be still hot) with the sugar.
2. In another container, combine margarine (room temperature) and a glass of flour.
3. Then add the margarine mixture to the yolks. Stir.
4. Now sift two glasses of flour on the table, pour the dough from the bowl onto it. It shouldn't stick to your hands.
5. Next, cover the dough on the table with a napkin and let stand for about twenty minutes.
6. Then divide it in two. Roll out the sausage, cut into pieces, then roll each into a ball. Next, press all the products with your fingers so that we get a flat cookie from the yolks.
7. Then put the products on parchment and bake in a preheated oven (up to two hundred degrees) until they become golden brown. Sprinkle the finished treat with powdered sugar and / or cocoa.
A little conclusion
Now you know how to make egg yolk cookies. We have told you the recipe for preparing such products, and not one, but several at once. We hope that you can make such delicious cookies according to the instructions.
This is a wonderful dough, just a lifesaver. Cooking it is elementary, probably, and 10 minutes is a lot ... and the result is incredible, soft and at the same time crispy, layered and tasty. You do not need to ply, roll out, you do not need a lot of movements. I just mixed everything one by one and sent it to the refrigerator. If you are going to cook something for several days, it will be perfectly preserved in the bag, in the refrigerator, if you are cooking for the future, you can send it to the freezer. Another plus is that the ingredients are approximate, we perfectly replace sour cream with kefir or yogurt, add flour if it sticks a little to our hands. We also use any fat or combine it, you can take margarine, butter, lard, whatever. It rolls out very easily as the dough is soft and elastic. From this norm, you will get flaky tongues with caramel crust, 4 trays. My friend cooked chicken from this dough and said that she would never cook with the purchased one again, it turned out much tastier. A recipe from my mother’s culinary notebook, for which many thanks to her.
Have you cooked meringues or protein omelet and you still have egg yolks? Don't rush to throw this product away. It will come in handy for preparing a salad, dessert or baking. A good housewife always knows what to cook from the yolks. In today's article, we will consider original dishes of them.
Cooking a traditional dessert "Creme brulee"
What can be cooked from chicken yolks? Mayonnaise immediately comes to mind. Of course homemade sauce will be much tastier and healthier than a store product. But the list of dishes that can be prepared from egg yolks does not end there.
On the basis of raw yolks, delicious confectionery and desserts. But boiled egg yolks can be added to appetizers, salads, first courses. Let's think about what to cook from the yolks after the meringue. Maybe creme brulee? Such a treat will captivate the hearts and stomachs of your household.
Composition:
- 0.6 l cream with 30% fat concentration;
- butter to taste;
- chicken egg - 5 pcs.;
- vanilla pod;
- 1 tbsp. l. granulated sugar;
- 3 tbsp. l. brown granulated sugar.
Preparation:
"Women's whim"
We have already figured out what to cook with raw yolks. In addition to this dessert, raw egg yolks are added to biscuit dough.
Now let's discuss what to cook from boiled yolks. Give yourself a little holiday and make delicious salad with chicken fillet, mushrooms and cheese. This combination of products is harmonious, and sour cream or mayonnaise sauce gives the ingredients juiciness and rich taste.
Composition:
- 0.1 kg chicken fillet;
- 100 g fresh champignons;
- 0.1 kg of hard cheese;
- chicken egg - 4 pcs.;
- onion head;
- 50 g of walnut kernels;
- mayonnaise, salt to taste;
- Dill.
Preparation:
Yolk oil is a real panacea for skin ailments
Human skin is an amazing organ that performs a protective function. Unfortunately, none of us is immune from various dermatological ailments, wounds and burns. Of course, pharmaceutical preparations help to cope with the disease, but many prefer proven traditional medicine.
How to make yolk butter? Surprisingly, from boiled egg yolks, an oil extract is actually released during a special procedure, which has healing and regenerating properties.
On a note! Most often, yolk or egg oil is used to treat burn wounds, psoriasis, dermatitis, wounds of various etiologies.
Composition:
- chicken egg - 10 pcs.
Preparation and application:
- We spread chicken eggs v thick-walled pan and fill it with filtered water.
- We put on the stove and boil it hard.
- Cool, remove the shell.
- Let's separate the protein part from the yolk.
- The proteins can be eaten, we only need the yolks.
- We put the boiled egg yolks in a bowl and grind with a spoon, mortar or other device until smooth. There should be no lumps.
- Now we put this mass in the pan, put a press on top.
- We warm up the pan, fry the yolks and constantly press on the press.
- As soon as the oil starts to stand out, collect it.
- Let's make a cotton swab and wrap it in two layers of gauze.
- Squeeze out the oil using a garlic press.
- The collected oil extract has amazing wound healing properties. You need to store it in a glass darkened container.