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Hard-boiled eggs (Julia Child's perfect HB egg) with homemade everything-bagel seasoning

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Hard-boiled eggs (Julia Child's perfect HB egg) with homemade everything-bagel seasoning, from the video Makes 2
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Ingredients
Method
Techniques
▶ 12:53
  • 2 whole eggs
Prick the large end of each egg with an egg pricker or pin so the air bubble can escape without cracking the shell.
What makes the perfect hard-boiled egg
▶ 13:08
Put the eggs in two quarts of cold water (for one to four eggs) and bring just to a boil.
Bringing to a boil and the 17-minute restBoilingRead
▶ 13:08
  • 2 quart cold water
Cover, take off the heat and leave exactly 17 minutes.
▶ 13:25
  • ice water
Move the eggs to a bowl of ice water for exactly 2 minutes.
▶ 13:50
Return the eggs to the water, bring back to a boil, wait 10 seconds and remove.
Re-boiling and peelingPeeling
▶ 13:50
Return to the cold water, crack gently in a few places, and leave 15 to 20 minutes if time allows to make them easier to peel.
▶ 14:23
Peel under a stream of cold water or in the bowl under water, starting at the large end.
▶ 14:56
  • black sesame seeds
  • plain sesame seeds
  • onion powder
  • garlic powder
  • sea salt flakes
Mix black and plain sesame seeds, onion powder, garlic powder and sea salt flakes and scatter over the eggs.
Homemade everything-bagel seasoning