I'm cooking something and came across those directions...
2007-01-26 16:15:07 · 6 answers · asked by Mary Jane 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Usually when it says to temper in the egg that means you need to beat up the egg in a bowl first.... Then add a small amount of a hot liquid in it very quickly continuing to beat. then add the egg/liquid mix back to the large portion of liquid.
2007-01-26 16:25:11 · answer #1 · answered by Doughboy1993 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Temper Egg
2016-10-05 10:37:43 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It usually means that your recipe has a stage that has hot liquid. You don't want to curdle the eggs so you temper them; Add just a little bit of the hot liquid to the eggs, whisking all the while. This warms the eggs up without curdling them. Add some more of the hot liquid to the eggs, whisking.
The temperature of the eggs is higher than before. Slowly add hot liquid to egg mixture and you won't have any problems with the eggs curdling.
2007-01-26 16:39:29 · answer #3 · answered by julie 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
To the temper the egg is to add a little bit of the beated egg to whatever heated sauce or liquid you need to incorporate it with. You add a little bit at a time so that the egg doesn't turn your sauce into a scrambled egg mess. By adding it bit by bit they sauce over powers the egg and lets it takes its shape instead of the other way around.
2007-01-26 16:25:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
when making a sauce that instructs to "temper an egg"...its to add depth and silkiness to the sauce. (it's french). to temper ...have the eggs at room temperature..put about 1/4 cup of hot liquid into eggs...whisk well..this will bring the eggs to temp..hence "temp"ering..this way the eggs do not scramble. then add to sauce...whisk...it's worth it for the vescocity of the sauce.
2007-01-26 16:31:55 · answer #5 · answered by bikergal34 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's weird how it doesn't have something in front of it: Ex: hot-tempered, short-tempered, bad-tempered. That's how it's usually used, but it means get angry or irritated easily. Hope I helped!
2016-03-15 00:33:34 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when adding egg to a hot mix you don't want to cook it so you gradually add some hot mix a little at a time tempering it to tempurature before combining the two so they blend without cooking or curdling the egg that is mixed in .
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2007-01-26 16:21:49 · answer #7 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
temper is how well it can hold it's structure together
2007-01-26 16:20:11 · answer #8 · answered by CRXTHRASHER 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋