How To Separate Eggs – Separating The Yolk From The Egg White By Hand – Cooking tips and tricks with the video tutorial.
How To Separate Eggs
It’s handy to know how to separate eggs for making a decadent chocolate mousse, light meringue, a rich custard or curd.
It just takes a bit of patience and practice, but once you get the knack for separating eggs, you’ll find it really easy and a handy cooking skill to use in the kitchen.
What Is The Best Way To Separate Eggs?
There’s much debate about the best way. Choose the way that you find the easiest, and then experiment with other methods if you want.
You may prefer to separate by passing the yolk back and forth with the help of an egg shell, your hand or using an egg separator or egg separating tool or gadget. (Like one of these on Amazon.)
How Do You Separate Eggs By Hand?
If you’d prefer not to use a tool or gadget to separate your eggs, then doing it by hand is the option. Here are the 2 methods to choose from.
Using The Egg Shell – gently crack the egg on the edge of a bowl or by using a spoon, fork or knife. When you have 2 clean halves, carefully pass the yolk between the two halves of the shell, allowing the white to drop into the bowl below.
Once the egg shell half is empty of egg white, move the egg yolk to another bowl. Repeat until all of the required eggs have been separated.
Using Your Hands – gently crack the egg on the edge of a bowl and move the yolk to your hand. (Make sure your hands are clean!)
Gently pass the egg yolk from hand to hand, allowing the white to drop into the bowl below.
Troubleshooting Tips
If you get any egg shell into your egg whites, simply use one of the egg shell halves to scoop it out.
If you get any egg yolk into your whites, again, use the egg shell to scoop it out. The shell almost acts as a magnet, attracting the yolk and helping you remove it from the egg whites.
When you’re new to separating eggs, separate one at a time over a small bowl, then pour the egg whites, one at a time, into a bigger bowl. So, if you make any mistakes, you only waste one egg rather than having to start over again.
If you’re nervous about even attempting to separate eggs, just give it a go the next time you make an omelette or scrambled eggs. That way, you don’t actually need separated eggs, you can separate them just for the practice and then whisk them all together in your omelette or scrambled eggs.
Recipes Needing Separated Eggs
Now that you know how to separate eggs, here are some recipes for you to practice your new skill:
