How To Make Hard Boiled Eggs

Step 1: You will need

Step 2: Fill the saucepan

Add enough water to almost fill the saucepan and place it on a medium heat.

Step 3: Cook the eggs

Gently lower the eggs into the water and bring it to a boil. Once boiling, lower the heat to a gentle simmer. A soft boiled egg only needs to be cooked for 4 minutes, but a properly hard boiled egg needs exactly 10 minutes.

TOP TIP! Eggs should always be stored in the fridge, below 7ºC/45ºF. If you're cooking them straight from the fridge, add an extra 30 seconds to the cooking time as the egg will be chilled.

Step 4: Cool the eggs

When the 10 minutes have passed, remove the pan from the heat and pour the hot water out of the saucepan. Then place the pan under cold running water for about a minute. This will cool the eggs down and make them easy to peel. When the eggs are cool enough to handle, remove them from the pan.

Step 5: Peel the eggs

Crack the eggs and peel off the shell. But be aware that the fresher the egg, the harder it will be to peel.

TOP TIP: If you want to keep the eggs, don't peel them but store them in the fridge with the shell still on. They'll keep for up to a week. Remember to mark them with the date so you know when they were cooked.

Step 6: Serve

Alternatively, you can eat the eggs immediately - maybe served with fresh baguettes, farm butter and a little salt!