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[wendyuk]

What are cobbled eggs

[Tony Monero]

I think you mean coddled eggs. Put eggs into boiling water for 2 minutes and the result is an egg where the white is just cooked and the yolk is raw. This is a coddled egg!

[gary baldy]

Dont listen to Tony!
In the olden days when they ran out of stones to build roads with they used eggs. Of couse they had to be hard boiled but they worked just as well and these were called cobbled eggs

[BigMac]

This is US criminal and jailbird Martha Stewart's recipe:

Coddled Eggs (Makes 4)
Coddling is a gentle steaming method that yields a tender egg. The eggs are cooked individually in coddling cups�ceramic cups with screw-on lids available at kitchen-supply stores. Four-ounce baby-food jars can be used as well. Garnish with chopped herbs, onion, or cooked bacon.

Unsalted butter for greasing
2 teaspoons heavy cream
4 large eggs
Salt & freshly ground pepper

Line the bottom of a saucepan with kitchen towel (why?). Fill pan with enough water to come just below the rim of the coddlers. Place over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil.
Butter the insides of each coddler. Pour 1/2 teaspoon heavy cream in each. Add an egg; season with salt and pepper. Screw on lids tightly. Carefully place coddlers into boiling water.
Reduce heat and simmer for 4 minutes. Turn off heat, cover pan and stand for 6-7 minutes. Remove coddlers from water, unscrew lids and serve immediately.

and this is from a coddler supplier:

Coddled Egg
Butter the inside of the coddler and the metal lid.
Break the egg and drop it into the coddler. Season with salt and pepper.
Screw on the lid and stand the coddler in a pan of boiling water.
Simmer for 7 to 8 minutes.

or the way it's done in my kitchen:

grease a ramekin or other small dish
break an egg into it
season to taste
cook in the oven until (done to taste)

The British Egg Info Service (just google) has a recipe for Tuna Nicoise with coddled eggs...

Hope this helps.

[spudqueen]

I have a couple of egg coddlers, made by Royal Doulton I think, you can still buy them. And very nice the eggs are aswell, being in a sealed dish you can add things to the eggs, hams, cheese, smoked salmon, great!

[chinois]

I though cobbled eggs were eggs boiled with tea bags. I think i've seen quail's eggs done that way. When you peel off the skin the flesh has a stained cobbled effect