Italian scientists claim to have found the scientifically best way to make a hard-boiled egg ... The key is to place the eggs into the boiling water for two minutes, then into the cooler water ...

Their final recipe involves transferring eggs in a steamer basket every two minutes between two bowls ... in the kitchen compared to a standard hard-boiled egg, said food scientist Joanne Slavin ...

By alternating between boiling and lukewarm water eight times over 32 minutes ... hard-boiling at 100 degrees are overkill for the yolks, rendering them fully set, while using sous vide to cook ...

Their final recipe involves transferring eggs in a steamer basket every two minutes between two bowls ... in the kitchen compared to a standard hard-boiled egg, said food scientist Joanne Slavin ...