Start to peel the hard-boiled eggs by tapping the wide end
on the counter until the shell cracks. Pull away a little of
the shell. Eggs have a thin skin or membrane between the shell
and the white. If you can gently slide your finger under this
membrane you can lift off whole sections of the shell pretty
easily.
Have an adult slice each egg lengthwise so you wind up with
two little boats.
Carefully remove the yellow from the egg and put it into a
bowl. Sometimes you can just tip the half-egg over and the yellow
will fall right out. Other times you might have to slide the
tip of your finger between the yellow and the white. You want
to make sure that you don't tear the white.
Arrange your whites on a plate.
Next add the mayonnaise, mustard and vinegar to the yokes.
Mash the yokes, mayonnaise, mustard and vinegar together.
Mix until they are smooth.
Using a big spoon, put the mixture into a plastic sandwich
bag.
Use scissors to cut off one corner of the bag.
Squeeze your egg mixture down toward the open corner. Hold
the cut corner of the bag over the egg white boats. Gently squeeze
the yellow back into the little bowl-shaped hole in the white.
This is called "piping" and you will see that word in cookbooks
when they talk about icing or fillings.
Remember: the harder you squeeze the more will come out of
the bag. So you may want to put a little yoke mixture into every
egg-white boat first, and then do a second pass just to make
sure each white gets nearly the same amount of yoke mixture.
Now the finishing touch. Sprinkle a little paprika over the
deviled eggs. The bright red of the paprika makes a nice contrast
to the yellow and white of the eggs.
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