The perfect breakfast egg: Can you spare 32 minutes?

Anna Wender, 10.02.2025

Italian researchers have created a process for cooking eggs that promises creamy yolks, firm whites and even more nutrients. But with over half an hour of prep time, is the perfect breakfast egg really worth the effort?

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Hard, soft or sous-vide? Creating the perfect breakfast egg is a science in itself. An Italian research team now claims to have found the ultimate method – and it's neither traditional boiling nor slow-cooking. Instead, they have found that alternating between boiling and warm water when cooking an egg results in better consistency and more nutrients.

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