Devilled eggs
Total Time
43 minutes
Prep Time
20 minutes
Cook Time
10 minutes
Rating
5 out of 5 stars
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Ingredients
18 servings
- 12 large eggs (50-55g / 2 oz each in shell, fridge cold (Note 1)
- 2 tsp Dijon mustard
- 2 tsp Tabasco or other hot sauce
- 1 tsp white wine vinegar
- 2 tsp mayonnaise (, whole egg mayo preferred, or kewpie)
- 1/4 heaped teaspoon cooking salt / kosher sale (Note 3)
- 50 g/ 3 tbsp cold unsalted butter (, cut into 1 cm / 0.2" cubes)
- Paprika (, regular/sweet, or smoked)
- 1 tbsp chives (, finely chopped)
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Preparation
Step 1
(ABBREVIATED RECIPE)
Step 2
Hard boil eggs, halve, blitz yolks with Filling ingredients except butter, then blitz in butter. Pipe (18 - 20 pieces), garnish, serve!
Step 3
Hard boil eggs with centred yolks:
Step 4
Large pot - Bring a large pot with 15cm / 6 water to the boil. Lower eggs in gently using a spider or slotted spoon. Lower heat a tiny bit if needed to stop the eggs from jostling around so much they crack.
Step 5
Boil and swirl - Boil eggs for 10 minutes. Swirl the water every minute for the first 6 minutes, using the handle of a wooden spoon. Give the water 4 or 5 fast stirs in one direction to make the water and eggs swirl in the water. The centrifugal force will make the yolks cook centred in the egg white (ie no thin broken egg white walls) (Note 4).
Step 6
Peel - Fill a sink with cold tap water. Remove eggs from the boiling water using a slotted spoon or spider. Leave for 5 minutes until cool enough to handle. Tap the base then peel under water (it's easier).
Step 7
Fill devilled eggs:
Step 8
Remove yolks - Cut eggs in half and remove the yolks using a teaspoon.
Step 9
Filling - Place the yolks and all filling ingredients EXCEPT butter in a small food processor (Note 5). Blitz until yolks are broken up. Add butter and blitz, scraping down the sides as needed, until the butter is blended through. The filling should be creamy (smear with back of spoon to check).
Step 10
Choose the best 18 to 20 egg white halves. (Note 6) Brush yolk crumbs off the cut surface.
Step 11
Pipe - Transfer filling into a piping bag fitted with a nozzle of your choice (I use a star). Fill so it's mounded - I do about the same amount as a whole yolk.
Step 12
Sprinkle with paprika and chives. Serve! (Best enjoyed at room temperature rather than fridge cold as the filling is creamier.)
Step 13
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