Ina Garten’s secret to creamy scrambled eggs is an unexpected Italian staple

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Ina Garten reveals her secret to creamy scrambled eggs: using ricotta cheese instead of traditional ingredients like crème fraîche or mayonnaise. Speaking with the Wall Street Journal, Garten emphasizes cooking at a low heat and incorporating ricotta while the eggs are cooking for added creaminess and texture. She also recommends adding herbs such as chives and serving the dish on buttered toast with Parmesan and red pepper flakes.
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In a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal, Ina Garten, also known as the "Barefoot Contessa," revealed her secret to perfect creamy scrambled eggs: adding ricotta cheese. According to Garten, heating butter and olive oil over medium-low heat before whisking in eggs with milk, salt, and pepper creates a soft custard-like texture when stirred constantly. This method contrasts with other chefs' approaches, such as Gordon Ramsay's use of crème fraîche or Alton Brown's addition of mayonnaise and extra egg yolks. Garten emphasizes the importance of gentle cooking at low heat to achieve her signature creamy result.

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She heats the butter and olive oil over medium-low and lets the eggs, which are whisked with milk, salt and pepper, set briefly at the edges before stirring constantly until they’re soft and custardy.
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🔮 Alton Brown's unconventional approach calls for mayonnaise and extra egg yolks.

Claims (23 extracted, 2 hedged)

Gordon Ramsay and Bobby Flay swear by adding a bit of crème fraîche to their scrambled eggs. asserted
Ramsay → swear → eggs
Alton Brown's unconventional approach calls for mayonnaise and extra egg yolks. asserted
approach → call → mayonnaise
Ina Garten, however, puts her own Italian-inspired spin on the breakfast favorite. asserted
Garten → put → favorite
The key to perfect scrambled eggs is ricotta cheese, the "Barefoot Contessa" star recently told the Wall Street Journal. asserted
star → scramble → Journal
"How you cook the eggs makes such a difference, too," Garten said. asserted
Garten → cook → difference
"If you cook them at a very low heat and add ricotta to give it creaminess and a little texture, it’s just a whole other thing." asserted
it → cook → creaminess
She added, "It’s like a custard rather than scrambled eggs." asserted
It → add → eggs
Garten also recommends adding any herbs that you have on hand. asserted
you → recommend → hand
"I put chives in it," she said. asserted
she → put → it
Her method has one thing in common with Ramsay’s approach: Both chefs rely on gentle cooking to keep the eggs soft. asserted
chefs → have → eggs
Ramsay adds the crème fraîche cold at the end to stop the cooking and bring richness to the dish. asserted
Ramsay → add → dish
Garten instead folds ricotta into the eggs as they cook, leaving some small curds visible, according to the Journal. uncertain
they → fold → Journal
Her recipe, adapted from her cookbook "Simply Ina," serves four and calls for eggs, milk, butter, olive oil and ricotta. asserted
recipe → adapt → eggs
She heats the butter and olive oil over medium-low and lets the eggs, which are whisked with milk, salt and pepper, set briefly at the edges before stirring constantly until they’re soft and custardy. asserted
they → heat → edges
Garten suggests serving the eggs on buttered toast, with chives, Parmesan and red pepper flakes. uncertain
Garten → suggest → chives
She also shared other simple tips to elevate everyday dishes beyond breakfast. asserted
She → share → breakfast
For last-minute appetizers, she makes an "emergency blue-cheese dip" with blue cheese and mayonnaise, then serves it with whatever vegetables she has in the fridge. asserted
she → make → fridge
Potato chips, olives, salami and cucumber slices also make her list of easy, go-to snacks. asserted
chips → make → snacks
For dessert, Garten told the Journal, she’ll buy a cheesecake from a good bakery and make a quick raspberry sauce to serve with it. asserted
she → tell → it
"Nobody will ever know," she said. asserted
she → know → ?
"You’re relaxed. asserted
You → ’re → ?
Everybody has a good time." asserted
Everybody → have → time
Garten shares more of her food and entertaining advice on her new video podcast, "Happy Hour With Ina Garten," which she films in her Manhattan apartment. asserted
she → share → apartment
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