Shirred eggs (also known as baked eggs, or in French, œufs en cocotte) are eggs cooked in a manner that results in a firm white but soft or runny yolk. The name comes from the dish in which the eggs are cooked.
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Shirred — eggs, also known as poached eggs, are prepared as a broiled or baked egg dish. Eggs are placed in small buttered dishes referred to as cocottes and broiled until the white is set, but the yolk remains liquid. The eggs may also be baked, but the… … Wikipedia
Shirred — Shirred, a. 1. (Sewing) Made or gathered into a shirr; as, a shirred bonnet. [1913 Webster] 2. (Cookery) Broken into an earthen dish and baked over the fire; said of eggs. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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egg — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. egg cell, ovum, embryo; oval. See beginning, reproduction, rotundity. v. incite, goad. See cause. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. ovum, seed, germ, spawn, roe, bud, embryo, nucleus, cell, berry*, hen fruit*.… … English dictionary for students
egg — Synonyms and related words: Anlage, albumen, boiled eggs, bud, caviar, coddled eggs, deviled eggs, dropped eggs, egg cell, egg white, eggs, eggshell, embryo, female gamete, fish eggs, fried eggs, germ, germen, glair, loins, nucleus, omelet,… … Moby Thesaurus
souffle — Synonyms and related words: airy, beaten, blebby, blistered, blistering, blistery, boiled eggs, breakers, bubbling, bubbly, burbling, burbly, carbonated, chiffon, coddled eggs, collar, deviled eggs, downy, dropped eggs, ebullient, effervescent,… … Moby Thesaurus
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List of egg dishes — The following is a list of egg dishes:Plain egg dishes*Coddled egg *Fried egg *Boiled egg *Omelette *Poached egg *Scrambled eggs *Shirred egg *Basted eggavory egg dishes*Bacon and eggs (various) *Baked egg cheese (Finland) *Balut (southeast Asia) … Wikipedia
shirr — /sherr/, v.t. 1. to draw up or gather (cloth or the like) on three or more parallel threads. 2. to bake (eggs removed from the shell) in a shallow dish or in individual dishes. n. 3. Also, shirring. a shirred arrangement, as of cloth. [1840 50;… … Universalium
food — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Nourishment Nouns 1. food, aliment, nourishment, nutriment; aliment[ation], foodstuffs, sustenance, nurture, subsistence, provender, daily bread, fodder, provision, ration, keep, commons, board; fare,… … English dictionary for students
