Name of Recipe: Alboronía con huevos poché (Alboronía with poached eggs) – not tested
Serves: 6
Ingredients:
400g onions, peeled and quartered
35g red pepper, deseeded
30g extra virgin olive oil
200g pumpkin, cut into pieces the size of a hazelnut
Salt
75g tomatoes, cut into pieces the size of a hazelnut
6 eggs
Paprika
The tails of 18 large prawns or crayfish
Corn flour (cornstarch)
Extra virgin olive oil, for frying
18 cocktail sticks
Preparation:
In the
, put the onion and the pepper and chop
5 seconds / Speed 4.
Add the oil and sauté
7 minutes / Temp. Varoma / Speed 1½.
Add the pumpkin and salt
3 minutes / Temp. Varoma / 
/ Speed 
.
Finally, add the tomato and cook for
1 minute more at the same temperature and speed.
Remove and reserve.
Line the
MC with cling film making sure that it protrudes, pour in a little oil, break an egg into it, season, and tie the cling film, making a sort of bag.
Place the egg in the
Varoma bowl and do the same with the remaining eggs.
Put 500g water into the
, close the lid and program
12 minutes / Temp. Varoma / Speed 1. [
See Note below]
When it starts steaming, remove the
MC and put the
Varoma bowl containing the eggs on the top.
Meanwhile, push a cocktail stick through each of the 18 prawn or crayfish tails [lengthways], season, roll in the corn flour and fry them in very hot oil for
5 minutesDivide the albonoría [the stewed vegetables] in 6 portions, putting a poached egg on top of each, sprinkling each with paprika, and serve with the fried tails.
Note: I think
12 minutes is too long. Whilst I haven't made the Alboronía yet, I have tried using this method for poaching eggs. It works beautifully, but the yolk was too hard for my liking. I used a large egg, straight from the fridge, so if you are using smaller eggs the time will need to be reduced considerably. I tried it again this morning with same sized egg and reduced the cooking to
9 minutes 30 seconds and this time the yolk was slightly runny. As I like my yolks to be very runny (but with a firm white) next time I will reduce by
1 further minute to
8 minutes 30 seconds.
Origin: This is a translation of a recipe in
Thermomix TM31 – Imprescindible para tu cocina which is the book supplied with Spanish TMXs.
