Apparatus and method for cooking an egg

A method for cooking at least one egg with an eggshell comprising:

• cooking an egg in an eggshell while located in an apparatus comprising:
• a housing provided with a device for providing microwave radiation in a confined space in the housing and
• a holder located in the confined space, which holder being provided with at least one cavity adapted to the shape of the egg with the eggshell, the at least one cavity configured to receive the egg with the eggshell, wherein a long axis of the egg with the eggshell is in a vertical orientation,
• which holder comprises
• at least a first holder part comprising spacers for keeping the egg with the eggshell at a predetermined distance from a wall of the first holder part, and
• a second holder part comprising an open outlet for steam formed in the at least one cavity during a cooking process, the first and second holder parts being movable with respect to each other between a first position in which the first and second holder parts are separated from one another and the egg with the eggshell can be positioned in the at least one cavity to a second position wherein the holder parts enclose the at least one cavity and the egg with the eggshell contacts the spacers of the first holder part,
• which apparatus further comprises means to insert a liquid into the holder for filling the at least one cavity with the liquid to at least partly surround the eggshell of the egg located in the at least one cavity,
• wherein the means to insert a liquid into the holder comprises at least a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet located, with the liquid outlet being located in the first holder part at a point lower than the egg with the eggshell,
• wherein the apparatus comprises a liquid container for holding the liquid and a dosing unit,
• wherein by means of the dosing unit at least one component is added to the liquid.