How to Separate Egg Whites
Working slowly is the secret, as is getting a good first crack. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
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Lightly crack an egg on the edge of a bowl.
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Turning the egg upright, carefully open the shell into two halves, keeping the egg in the lower half.
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Over the bowl, pour the egg from one half of the broken shell into the other, letting the egg white fall into the bowl, but keeping the yolk intact in the shell halves as you pour.
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Repeat until all the white has fallen into the bowl, leaving only the yolk in the shell.
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Tips & Warnings
Crack the egg at its midpoint and open with care.
If you're planning to whip the egg whites, take special care not to get any yolk in the white. Whites that have any fat at all in them will not whip properly. It's usually not a problem to have a little white left in the yolk.
Try not to catch the yolk on the edge of the shell. It'll break.
Comments
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Rob McGee
Dec 24, 2010
If I need several egg whites for whipping, I prefer to use three small bowls -- one bowl for dropping the white into, a second for putting the yolks in, and a third for transferring the whites into after separation. This way, if a yolk breaks while separating, I only "ruin" one egg white, instead of a whole batch of them. (Of course, this is only important if the whites are going to be whipped up for meringue, etc. -- for some recipes, it doesn't matter if the whites have a little bit of yolk in them.) -
Aug 08, 2006
If you are having trouble separating the egg, you can buy certain products where you simply break the egg into the little plastic object. The white will drip out while the yolk stays in.
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Nov 22, 2005
Break the shell and pour the entire contents on to a flat plate.place a glass or any narrow cylindrical object over the yolk taking care not to break it.Then hold the glass and the plate together,gently pour the white in to the bowl.
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Nov 22, 2005
Break the shell and pour the entire contents on to a flat plate.place a glass or any narrow cylindrical object over the yolk taking care not to break it.Then hold the glass and the plate together,gently pour the white in to the bowl.
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Nov 22, 2005
You can even use a small funnel to separate eggs - just let the whites fall through while the yolk stays intact above.
