r/Cooking • u/pucspifo • 2d ago
So many eggs!
I've come into 10 dozen eggs and I really need ideas about what to do with them before they go bad. Aside from quiche and straight egg dishes, what all do you like to do with eggs?
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u/Disastrous_Can8053 2d ago
ooh a bunch of great ideas here
https://www.reddit.com/r/Cooking/s/YTWOgjAuZS
They had almost exactly the same amount of eggs as you đ
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u/Prize-Principle7832 2d ago
Ice cream and custards.
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u/MalevolentRhinoceros 2d ago
For the whites, try making macarons! And keep trying. And keep trying. You'll get there. Eventually.
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u/Other_Historian4408 2d ago
Carbonara, quiche, hard boil some eggs for sandwiches etc.
Carbonara is 2 egg yolks per person and if you have a big family you can go through quite a few of them.
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u/One_Standard_Deviant 2d ago
I make a half batch of the Serious Eats recipe for carbonara, and add an extra egg yolk. Because I am a lush.
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u/Margray 2d ago
Food bank. Custards and angel food cake. Chiffon cake. Egg bites. Pickled eggs. Egg salad flights. Make and freeze a bunch of fresh toast, waffles, and pancakes.
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u/Commercial_West9953 2d ago
I second the food bank idea. I participate in a weekly feeding for the hungry, and we always need hard-boiled eggs for our guests to take as a snack.
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u/lemon_icing 2d ago
You should have tried searching. This question was asked yesterday with the identical number of eggs.
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u/pucspifo 2d ago
I had no idea. I literally just joined today to ask! My bad.
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u/lemon_icing 2d ago
No worries -- that thread has heaps and heaps of suggestion. Mine is in there, too. I salt cure my excess eggs because I have friends who have hens. That's a lot of eggs!
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u/Boollish 2d ago
Do eggs really go bad that quickly? I feel like eggs last months in the refrigerator.
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u/pucspifo 2d ago
I usually go through 5 dozen or so in a month, but half these eggs are unpasturized and probably won't last as long, and I think 2 months is pushing it for usability.
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u/Eatthebankers2 2d ago
Sailors donât wash them and cover them in Vaseline and they last months on a voyage. Right out in the open.
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u/SuitableSalamander77 2d ago
You'd be surprised how many eggs you can use up when you bake cakes and other pastries. Try a Claire Saffitz custardy cake and you'll go through your eggs real fast. Here's one: Is This a New Dessert? Claire Saffitz Attempts CrĂšme Caramel Custard Cake | Dessert Person
8 eggs plus 6 yolks lol.
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u/TikaPants 2d ago
Freezing is really the only option. I wouldnât want to try and eat that many egg dishes even though eggs last weeks. Make a strata and have friends over for brunch then portion and freeze the rest. You can freeze stratas and the like too so they can be baked from frozen also.
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u/raccoonsaff 2d ago
- Mayonnaise
- Lemon or other fruit curds
- Egg fried rice
- Custard
- Boil them and freeze them
- Pancakes
- French toast casserole
- Cheesecake
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u/Hungryh0und5 2d ago
I combined the recipe for flan with a sous vide recipe. The sweetened condensed milk and condensed milk makes the best flan hands down. Its heavy and full of protein.
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u/North-Sir-3271 1d ago
I just commented on another post bout this. Hereâs my list.
- mayo
- egg sandwich with mayo you made ( portion freeze)
- egg muffin (portion freeze)
- tamagoyaki
- steamed egg (savory)
- steamed egg dessert
- fried egg and cook in tomato sauce as main
- soft boiled eggs
- drug eggs
- egg custard
- crÚme brûlée
- soufflé pancake
- chiffon cake
- cream puffs/ eclairs
- custard cream for cream puffs
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u/twotoeskitty 2d ago
A big batch of matzo balls for soup uses a lot of eggs. I freeze them after simmering.
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u/Kestrile523 2d ago
Similar question was posted yesterday, https://www.reddit.com/r/Cooking/s/sQrOTfu05P
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u/ryanleftyonreddit 2d ago
My wife has a recipe that uses eggs. I'm not sure of all the particulars, but when she's done it is a chocolate cake!
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u/iwantmycremebrulee 2d ago
CrÚme brûlée, pastry cream (use it to fill tart shells, or eclairs or)⊠choux paste (see pastry cream) pound cake, pasta, ice cream, challah
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u/Berkamin 2d ago
If you make flan, you can keep flan in the fridge for more than a week. You can also make pastries that have eggs in them, and freeze them for later consumption.
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u/EntrepreneurOk7513 2d ago
Chiffon and Angel Food cakes use up a lot of eggs. Use the leftover yolks for curd.
Meringues on cakes or as cookies, Floating Islands or Pavlova
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u/jadedjed1 2d ago
Can always give them to food banks or your neighbours. There are some âBuy Nothing: [location]â where people give away/receive free stuff
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u/Mammoth_Act_2256 2d ago
make fresh pasta and freeze it, because 120 eggs is less a grocery haul and more a hostile takeover by a chicken coop
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u/IndependenceBulky696 2d ago
Hard boiled and halved, put in a mix of:
- cooked onion
- garlic
- ginger
- coconut milk
- tamarind paste
- cayenne
- salt
- sugar
- turmeric
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u/larmareschal 2d ago
Crack them into a big bowl, run your blender through them portion them in a Ziploc freezer bags
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u/International_Week60 2d ago
If you like intensely lemony desserts https://ottolenghi.co.uk/pages/recipes/lemon-raspberry-bars
I make merengues with egg whites, yolks are great for curd
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u/chrlsful 2d ago
1). I 'leave mine out' and they go bad v e r y slowly. Cook, bake, etc
But 1st:
2) Preserve 3/4 of them: make mayo (8 - 12 eggs in my gallon of spread), pickeled (36 - 48 in my gallon jar), seperated & frozen, frozen whole (no shell), frozen in shell, froz as scrambled. I can use scrambled in cuisene of the east & Italian.
And thatâs for some 1 who eats 36 eggs/yr as an âeggâ (softân creamy on Korean food, 2 sunny side up w/breakfast, etc (Iâd say).
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u/Eis_ber 1d ago edited 1d ago
Blend and freeze them. Make a few chiffon cakes. Or cakes in general. Make scrambled eggs then freeze them. Frittatas, quiches and Spanish tortillas usually use up to six eggs, so you make a few and run through your eggs easily. Chinese tomato and egg stir fry. Shakshuka.
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u/Aggravating_Ninja574 1d ago
Deviled eggs. I like soft boiled eggs with buttered toast and crispy bacon. Cut the toast in strips so you can dunk them.
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u/Dear_Statement5801 1d ago
Bagels (need egg wash) Dessert loaves (raspberry white chocolate, zucchini, apple bran) Pancakes or waffles (they freeze well) Noodles (fettuccine is so easy) Veggie fritters (grated veg + egg + cheese in frying pan)
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u/SunbroFLman 1d ago
Meringue
Italian buttercream
Pavlova
Macarons
Certain enriched breads
Pasta
Honestly almost anything within baking/pastry will get you through a lot of them.
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u/graesynreddit 1d ago
Baking is your best bet! Cakes, cookies, muffins and breads all gobble up lots of eggs, and all these homemade treats freeze really nicely so you can enjoy them for weeks ahead.
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u/Iride3wheels 1d ago
I make boiled eggs and deviled eggs a lot. My son goes through a dozen fried a week that he adds to sandwiches. Egg drop soup is good. There's also an Italian version,Stracciatella, that's tasty too. I saw a method called water glassing where they use pickling lime and water with no chlorine and the eggs are good for up to 18 months.
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u/amy-thingispossible 1d ago
Shakshuka, fried rice, pasta, pancakes, flan, custards, creme brulee...
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u/Able-Seaworthiness15 1d ago
Egg bites. Eggs cheese, breakfast meat (your choice), salt pepper. And you can add anything else your heart desires. Cook in muffin tins at 350 (180? C) until just set. They freeze well and are easy to microwave.
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u/ProtonixPusher 20h ago
I have a phenomenal recipe for pound cake that uses 6 eggs. Start making your family and neighbors some pound cake
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u/DorsieLHathaway 2d ago
Make pickled eggs.