Clem's
Cloud Eggs |
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We eat not only
with our taste buds but also our eyes. In some dishes, the
aesthetics overrule taste considerations. This is the case with
cloud eggs where the taste remains as one would expect of eggs
but the visual is of something less usual. Cloud eggs ("sun in
the clouds") are not difficult to make/ Here's how:
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Clem's
Cloud Eggs
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1. Ingredients
For two cloud eggs:
- Fresh eggs.
I used two eggs to make two cloud eggs.
- Optional: Cream of Tartar.
This acts as an emulsifier to help maintain whipped up eggs
(save them from falling).
- Condiments.
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2. Method
- Separate yolks from egg whites.
Ensure that your receptacles are clean (to have better
emulsification during whipping of the whites).
Make sure that no yolk contaminates the whites.
Set the yolks aside and work on the whites.
If you choose to use Cream of Tartar, add a pinch of it to
the egg whites now before the whipping.
- Hand beat or better still, use a
hand mixer to beat air into the eggs whites to create
whipped whites.
Stop the whipping when you reach the "stiff peaks" stage
(the whipped eggs should be able to stand up without falling
over).
- Divide the whites into two
portions and deposit them onto baking paper on a baking
tray.
Make a depression large enough to receive and egg yolk in
each mound of whipped egg white.
- Place the egg whites in a
pre-heated oven at between 170 - 190oC (depends
on your oven and how cooked/browned you want your end
result) and bake for about 2 - 3 minutes or until some of
the egg whites have coloured brown. This will be before the
whites are fully cooked.
- Take out the whites and place a
yolk into each depression previously prepared for them and
return the baking tray to the oven to bake for another 3 - 4
minutes.
Monitor the baking carefully to ensure that the egg clouds
are not over cooked/over browned. Over baked egg yolks will
look shrivelled.
- When done, carefully remove the
cloud eggs from the baking paper and serve right away.
Since no condiments have been added, salt and pepper can be
added to the eggs as per each diner's preference.
ENJOY!
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without recipes) can be found here (click on each photo to go to
that dish's page):
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found here:
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05 October
2025
Created by Clem Kuek
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