Saturday, April 11, 2009

Perfect Red-Dyed Egg


After some trial and error, I finally got a dye mixture that produced a nice deep red egg. There eggs are beautiful for red egg and ginger parties.


INGREDIENTS
  • 8 eggs
  • 1 fl oz liquid red dye
  • 8 cups cold water
  • 1/8 cup + 1 tblspn white vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
  • Olive oil for polishing

DIRECTIONS:
  1. In a stainless steel pot, add water, dye, vinegar, salt, and eggs.
  2. Bring liquid to boil.
  3. Once the liquid is in full boil, turn off fire and remove from heat.
  4. Cover the pot and let sit for 15 minutes.
  5. Remove eggs from liquid and let cool on wiring rack.
  6. Once eggs are cool, polish them with olive oil by using a paper towel.

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