How widely are boiled egg dishes on your table? It can be argued that they are limited to three variations: a “pouch,” soft-boiled, and steep eggs. And for a change - omelet and scrambled eggs in the morning. You can only sympathize with the wretchedness of the culinary fantasies of the majority of the population! After all, ninety percent of housewives when asked what dishes can be made from boiled eggs, will offer you a list consisting exclusively of the above items. And this despite the fact that dishes from boiled eggs can hit the taste buds of even a saturated gourmet - if you know what to cook. And in parallel, they are able to please her husband, hurrying to work and not having time to wait for the results of lengthy culinary curtsies.
Sardinian Eggs
If you are interested in simple dishes of boiled eggs, which you can quickly, bachelor, cook for breakfast, but the usual "bags" have already tired you and do not go into the throat, use the recipe for fervent Italians. The eggs are primitively hard boiled, peeled and cut along the halves. Let there be six of them, just to eat enough. Three tablespoons of oil are poured into the pan (olive oil for authenticity), flavored with four tablespoons of wine vinegar and a pinch of salt. Egg halves are laid out in this mixture - first with yolks down, after browning, they turn over. When their appearance satisfies you, fried eggs are laid out on a plate, and in their place are a pair of crushed garlic cloves and chopped parsley plus two tablespoons of fresh bread crumbs. As soon as the mixture is gilded, it is laid out on top of the halves - and a hearty, fragrant and exotic breakfast is ready.
Egg sandwich
Especially diverse can be considered morning dishes of boiled eggs - recipes were invented by generations of culinary specialists and consumers of the results of their labors. Those who have not yet had time to wake up before work or do not like to have a hearty breakfast can make a sandwich, which will allow them to easily reach dinner. A lettuce leaf, a pair of onion rings, egg slices and tomato slices are placed on a slice of bread. If this is not enough for your appetite, you can supplement the set with thin slices of loin (carbonate, sausage, meat ...) or several sprats. By the way, such a “brake” is good for a student, only it’s better to invest all the components in Pete so that it is convenient to eat.
Benedictine Eggs
If you are no longer interested in primitive cooking, but you haven’t got bored with boiled egg dishes by yourself, treat yourself to a French breakfast. A liter of water boils, after which the gas decreases to a state of quiet gurgling in the pan. A spoonful of vinegar is poured into the water. The egg breaks into a ladle, gently drops into a container, and the ladle is also gently removed. Three minutes later, the Benedictine egg (also called poached egg) is removed by a slotted spoon. With a dense, but tender, protein, the yolk inside it remains completely liquid. Especially good are eggs with vegetable salad or laid on bread, covered with a lettuce leaf and a thin plate of bacon.
Eggs, Cheese and Pasta
Those who have some products lying around in the refrigerator in small quantities will be saved in the morning or with an unplanned arrival of relatives dishes from boiled eggs and cheese. For example, this: five eggs are kneaded with a fork, mixed with a third kilogram of any short curly pasta (bows, spirals , shells), seasoned with garlic clove or grated and finely chopped basil. Grams of two hundred crushed feta cheese or grated hard cheese are poured, for the flavor - pepper, for juiciness - mayonnaise. When you add any poultry or lean meat, you get excellent second courses - with boiled eggs, pasta acquires a completely new culinary sound.
Scotch eggs
Their preparation will require more labor and a certain variety of components. However, if you want a truly satisfying and very mouth-watering boiled egg dish, take a look at this recipe. Grams of 400 minced meat (any, but better not bird) are seasoned with chopped thyme, onion and parsley, seasoned with pepper and salt. Five oval cakes are made from it, on each of which a boiled egg is placed, rolled in flour mixed with salt and pepper. It turns around with minced meat on all sides, so that there are no gaps. "Cutlets" are breaded first in a raw egg, then in breadcrumbs, and fried in an abundance of hot oil with frequent overturning.
Stuffed eggs
When the hostess tries to remember (or come up with) dishes from boiled eggs, the recipes associated with their stuffing, first come to mind. And if you have not yet figured out what can be put inside the “boats”, we offer you the most successful options:
- onion frying mixed with “native” yolks;
- grated cheese, all the same yolks and mayonnaise with garlic;
- full “steepness” - red, or even black caviar (the yolk here does not mix with the refined product, but is laid out with the bottom layer);
- dressing made of cheese combined with nut crumbs;
- saury or tuna in its own juice with chopped olives;
- cod liver with fried onions and eternal yolk;
- toasted mushrooms with indispensable yolks, sour cream as a dressing.
Naturally, you can come up with your own "stuffing".
Snow balls
Stuffed eggs are probably familiar to everyone. But the snack counterparts of the famous Raffaello candies will be new to the majority. They are prepared simply, and unusually tasty. Three steep eggs will need a couple of processed cheeses. Do not take too soft, like "Amber" - the mass will be too sticky. Friendship or something similar to it will do. Eggs with cheese are rubbed coarsely, garlic is squeezed into the mass (the amount is regulated by your preferences). After stirring, you can add a little mayonnaise if the "mincemeat" seems dry to you. Balls roll out of it and fall off in coconut flakes. If it seems unsuccessful topping, you can replace it with grated crab sticks. You can put a nut inside (for complete credibility). And believe me: you have not tasted such a delicious and original dish of boiled eggs!
Hungarian paste
It is suitable for sandwiches for all occasions - from snacks and additions to the main course to the buffet for the holidays. A quarter kilogram of onion is peeled and chopped very finely, after which it is fried until blush on a mixture of vegetable and butter, taken in a ratio of 1: 2. Five cool boiled eggs are placed in a blender along with 50 grams (about a third of a glass) of walnuts, toast and two garlic cloves. All this turns into a smooth paste, sticks, peppercorns, optionally supplemented with some other spices. A couple of hours in the refrigerator - and the paste is ready to be spread.
Chinese eggs
All the proposed manipulations turn ordinary boiled eggs into pickled ones. Accordingly, their taste is radically changing. And believe me - for the better. The first stage - cooking - should last as long as 10 minutes, as in the preparation of diet eggs. The cooled eggs are rolled in so that the shell is cracked, but not sprinkled. Soy sauce, strong, without additives and flavorings, black tea, apple cider vinegar, is combined in equal amounts. The marinade is salted, any favorite but harmonizing spices are poured into it, and the eggs slowly boil in it for an hour. Served on salad leaves with pickled ginger and shrimp.