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Easy Deviled Egg Recipe
By Dede Purneim

Deviled eggs are a glamorous way of dressing up cold hard-boiled eggs. They can be served as an appetizer, eaten on a picnic or offered to guests from platters at a wedding or special party. They are nutritious, fairly low in calories, filling and are a great way to serve eggs.

Basically, deviled eggs consist of cutting the eggs in half, removing the yolks, mashing them up with a few ingredients and spices, to make a creamy mixture, and then repositioned in the hollow from where the egg yolk was originally removed.

Ingredients for the easy deviled egg recipe:

6 eggs

3 tablespoon of mayonnaise

1 tablespoon of Dijon mustard

salt and pepper

paprika

There are step by step of easy deviled egg recipe:

1. Hard-boil the 6 eggs. For detailed instructions on how to hard-boil eggs see our section on how to boil eggs.

2. Once the eggs have boiled immerse them immediately in a bowl of very cold water and leave them there until they have cooled down. This will ease the job of peeling the eggs.

3. Peel the shell from the eggs and then rinse the eggs under a running tap to remove any tiny bits of shell. Then, refrigerate the eggs for 30 minutes. This will firm the eggs up, keep the yolks yellow and make slicing the eggs easier.

4. Remove the chilled eggs from the fridge and with a sharp knife, slice the eggs in half lengthways.

5. Gently squeeze the edges of the egg half, to loosen the yolk. This should make the yolk pop out, in which case, place it in a medium sized mixing bowl. If the yolk does not pop out, it may be removed by using a spoon to scoop it out. Remove all 6 yolks and place them in the mixing bowl.

6. Mash all the egg yolks into tiny pieces with a fork.

7. Add the mayonnaise, mustard, salt and pepper and continue to mash and mix the ingredients together until a smooth paste has been formed.

8. Fill the egg white halves with the egg yolk mixture using one of the above techniques and finally sprinkle the tops of the eggs with a little paprika.

9. The eggs are ready to serve, although they may benefit from a few hours in the refrigerator, to allow the different flavors to blend together.

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ARTICLE POSTED MARCH 15, 2010

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