Almost all know that eggs are very healthy and they contain a huge amount of substances needed by the body. They are included in the daily diet of many families, in addition, a variety of dishes that can be made from them quite quickly allow the hostess to significantly expand the menu. However, not everyone knows what pickled eggs do, which can serve both as an independent snack and as an ingredient for salad. This dish is stored in the marinade for a long time (up to 25 days), so at the right time you can just get it and use the required amount.
For cooking, chicken or quail eggs are taken . This dish can also be given to children from the age of three. In most cases, they eat it with pleasure.
12 quail eggs (if chicken is taken, then they will need 2 times less) are poured with cold water and boiled until cooked on a small fire. After that, they cool and clean. At this time, the marinade is being prepared. For him, a spoonful of salt, half a teaspoon of sugar, a quarter cup of vinegar is put in a glass of water. Everything is brought to a boil, then a clove of garlic, chopped dill, spices to taste falls here. You can add a few peas of pepper. The eggs are placed in a clean glass jar, filled with hot marinade, after which the container is tightly corked with a lid. The dish is kept in the refrigerator. You can eat it in two days.
Also, in order to cook pickled eggs, you can use the following recipe. This product is boiled for 10 minutes. After this, the eggs cool and their shell breaks slightly to form small cracks (this will help them to better marinate). Then they are stacked in a jar. For the marinade, a tablespoon of salt is put in a saucepan with a liter of cold water, a teaspoon of caraway seeds and sugar (you can take other spices). A little onion husk and bay leaf are added here, peas are put to taste. Everything is brought to a boil and left on the fire until the salt is completely dissolved. Then the solution cools, and chicken eggs are poured with it, which for these proportions is recommended to take about 12 pieces of medium size.
In this case, they must be marinated for at least a day in a cold place. In order to nicely serve them on the table, you can do the following. Eggs are peeled, cut into two halves. The yolk is carefully removed. Separately mixed a small amount of vinegar, pepper and sunflower oil. The resulting mixture is poured into proteins, the yolk is placed on top with the rounded side up. You can squeeze a little mustard on it for decoration.
In order to cook pickled eggs, you can take the following recipe. A bunch of parsley, a couple of cloves of garlic and a few anchovies should be finely chopped. The ingredients are laid out in a bowl where 4 tablespoons of tomato paste, a couple of tablespoons of wine vinegar, half a liter of oil are added (it is better to take olive). Everything is whipped with a whisk or mixer. Boiled eggs are peeled and placed in a jar, filled with marinade, left for several hours. On the table, the dish can be served by pouring the liquid in which it was pickled, with a fresh baguette or croutons.
It should be noted that there are several ways to prepare the marinade. So, some advise to take salt and sugar in equal proportions. Other housewives recommend taking wine instead of ordinary vinegar. In any case, pickled eggs, which are quite simple to make, will be an original and tasty snack on the festive table and in the daily menu. It is only important that the products used for cooking are fresh and of high quality.