Best Deviled Eggs With Cucumber Lemon And Herbs Recipes

HERBED DEVILED EGGS

Steps:

• Prepare an ice-water bath. Put eggs in a medium saucepan. Cover with water by 1 inch. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Cook, gently stirring as water begins to boil, 2 minutes. Cover, and remove from heat. Let stand 10 minutes. Transfer to the ice-water bath to cool.
• Peel eggs; halve lengthwise. Reserve 4 of the egg-white halves for another use. Pass yolks through sieve into a medium bowl using the back of a spoon. Stir in mayonnaise, mustard, and vinegar. Season with salt and pepper. Stir in herbs.
• Transfer yolk mixture to a pastry bag fitted with an open-star tip (such as Ateco #825). Pipe mixture into whites, filling to 1/2 inch over surface. Garnish with herbs. Eggs can be refrigerated in an airtight container, up to 3 hours.

CLASSIC DEVILED EGGS

Steps:

• Place eggs in a single layer in a saucepan; add water to depth of 3 inches. Bring to a boil; cover, remove from heat, and let stand 15 minutes.
• Immediately drain and fill the saucepan with cold water and ice.
• Firmly tap each egg on the counter until cracks form all over the shell. Peel under cold running water.
• Cut eggs in half lengthwise, and carefully remove yolks. Mash yolks with mayonnaise. Add mustard, relish, salt, and pepper. Stir well.
• Spoon egg yolk mixture into egg whites. Garnish with paprika, if desired.

LEMON DEVILED EGGS

Steps:

• Place eggs in medium saucepan. Add enough cold water to cover eggs by at least 1 inch. Add baking soda; stir gently until dissolved. Bring water to boil.
• Cover pan with lid. Remove from heat. Let stand 15 min.
• Use slotted spoon to transfer eggs to bowl of ice water. Let stand 15 min. or until eggs are completely cooled, changing water when necessary to keep it cold.
• Peel eggs, then cut lengthwise in half. Place egg yolks in medium bowl; mash with fork or potato masher. Reserve half the chives; stir remaining chives into yolks along with mayo, mustard, lemon zest and juice. Spoon into egg whites. Sprinkle with reserved chives.

LEMON CAPER DEVILED EGGS

Steps:

• Fill a large saucepan with water and bring to a boil over high heat. With a ladle, slowly lower the eggs into the water, one by one. Reduce the heat to a low boil and cook for 10 minutes. Drain. When they are cool enough to handle, peel the eggs.
• Slice each egg in half lengthwise. Remove the yolks and place them in a food processor. Arrange the whites, cut-side up, on a serving platter. Blitz the egg yolks by themselves for about 10 seconds. To the yolks, add the mayo, mustard, capers, salt, pepper, garlic and lemon zest. Process until well blended and smooth, scraping down the sides as necessary.
• Transfer the mixture to a resealable plastic bag. Seal the bag, then use scissors to snip off the tip of one of the bottom corners to form a small hole. Pipe the egg yolk mixture into the egg whites or store the egg whites and yolk mixture separately in the fridge until ready to fill and serve, one to two days. Garnish the filled eggs with paprika and parsley and serve immediately.

CREAMY DEVILED EGG RECIPE

Steps:

• Cut eggs lengthwise in half; reserve for later use.
• Remove yolks; mash in medium bowl. Add mayo, relish, mustard and pepper; mix well.
• Spoon or pipe yolk mixture evenly into centers of reserved egg whites.
• Sprinkle with paprika.

DEVILED EGGS WITH CUCUMBER, LEMON AND HERBS

Steps:

• Kathy's Note: Deviled eggs are such fun picnic food. The trick is making them ahead of time and figuring out a safe, secure way to transport them. You can pack them tightly in a covered shallow plastic container (use paper towels rolled into cigar shapes to create a buffer if there's room in the container and they are going to move around) These deviled eggs have a little makeover. I stuff the bottom of the cooked whites with a few surprises: cucumber, fresh herbs, and lemon. Then I top the fillings with a creamy egg mixture, so that each bite reveals a burst of flavor inside. Place the eggs on top of a bed of arugula, baby watercress or pea greens. Once you get the hang of these devilled egg surprises, you can create your own flavors; see below for some ideas to get you started. [sidebar title="Egg Tips: Hard Boiled and Cracking Secrets"] Place the eggs in a single layer in a large saucepan. Add cold water to cover the eggs by about an inch, and bring the water to a boil over high heat. When the water boils, cover the pan tightly, reduce the heat to low and cook 4 minutes. Remove the pan off the heat. Let the eggs sit for 10 minutes. Drain the water you cooked the eggs in out of the saucepan, keeping the eggs in the pan. Shake the pan back and forth and up and down a few times, so that the egg shells crack just a little. Then fill the pan with cold water; the water will seep into the cracks in the shells and separate the eggs from the shells, making them easier to peel once they've cooled.[/sidebar] Serves 8 to 12. Ingredients: 12 hard-boiled eggs (see below), peeled 1/4 cup mayonnaise 1 teaspoon Dijon-style mustard Salt and freshly ground pepper 1 cup cucumber, peeled and finely chopped 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 tablespoon finely chopped scallions 1 tablespoon fresh minced chives Instructions: Using a small, sharp knife, cut each egg in half lengthwise. Carefully remove the yolks and place in a small bowl. Mash the yolks with a fork, and add the mayonnaise, mustard, and salt and pepper to taste. Place a tiny bit of the cucumber, lemon juice, scallions and chives into the bottom of the egg whites. Add the remaining cucumber, lemon juice, scallions and chives into the egg yolk mixture and gently stir. Fill each egg half with a spoonful of the yolk mixture. Favorite Variations: Substitute 1 cup of any of the following for the cucumber-lemon-scallion-chive mixture above and proceed with the recipe: Thin slices of pitted green and/or black olives Chopped roasted red pepper Crumbled blue cheese or goat cheese with scallions Cooked crumbled bacon and scallions Chopped smoked salmon (or bluefish) with fresh dill and grated lemon zest