Watercress Stuffed Deviled Eggs Food

WATERCRESS-HORSERADISH DEVILED EGGS

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, cover eggs with 1 inch of water. Bring to a boil; remove from heat. Cover and let stand 12 minutes. Drain eggs; run under cold water until cool enough to handle.
• Peel and halve eggs lengthwise; remove yolks and transfer to a bowl. Mash with a fork; mix in mayonnaise, mustard, and vinegar. Press through a sieve to make smooth. Stir chopped watercress and horseradish into yolk mixture.
• Using a pastry bag fitted with desired tip (we used plain and star tips), pipe yolk mixture into whites. Garnish with watercress leaves. Serve immediately, or chill up to 2 hours.

BACON-STUFFED DEVILED EGGS

Steps:

• Put the eggs in a medium saucepan, cover with cold water and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat to a simmer and continue to cook for 7 minutes. Meanwhile, prepare a bowl of ice water. Drain the cooked eggs and transfer them to the ice water until cool, about 5 minutes.
• Peel the eggs, then halve them lengthwise and pop out the yolks into a medium bowl. Set the whites on a plate rounded-side down. Add the mayonnaise, chives, mustard and bacon to the yolks and mash until creamy and well combined; season with salt and pepper.
• Spoon or pipe the filling into the reserved egg white halves. Garnish with chives.

WATERCRESS AND RADISH STUFFED EGGS

Steps:

• Cut a paper-thin slice off both ends of eggs and halve eggs crosswise. Force yolks through a sieve into a bowl (or mash with a fork) and stir in remaining ingredients and salt and pepper to taste. Transfer filling to a pastry bag fitted with a large decorative tip and pipe into whites, mounding it. The stuffed eggs may be made 6 hours ahead and chilled, covered.
• Just before serving, garnish eggs.

DEVILED EGGS, THREE WAYS

Steps:

• For the hard-boiled eggs: Fill a large, deep saucepan with a tight-fitting lid with 2 inches of cold water. Place the eggs in it and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Immediately turn off the heat and cover with the lid. Let sit for 12 minutes. Transfer to a colander and rinse under cold water.
• Once cooled, peel the eggs and slice in half lengthwise. Scoop out the yolks and place 4 yolks in each of 3 bowls. Mash well with a fork.
• Line a large serving platter with the greens.
• For the pickles and capers: Add the mayonnaise, chopped capers, mustard and gherkins to one of the bowls of yolks and mash together until thoroughly incorporated. Season with salt and pepper. Divide the filling among 8 egg halves. Top each with some capers and place on the platter.
• For the wasabi and ginger: Add the mayonnaise and wasabi to the second bowl of yolks and mash together. Season with salt and pepper. Divide the filling among 8 egg halves. Top each with a slice of pickled ginger and a small piece of cucumber and place on the platter.
• For the sesame carrot: Add the mayonnaise, sesame oil, sesame seeds and carrot to the remaining bowl of yolks and mash together. Season with salt and pepper. Divide the filling among the remaining 8 egg halves. Top each with more sesame seeds and place on the platter.

EMERALD EGGS

Steps:

• Hard-boil 6 eggs, then peel and slice in half. Scoop the yolks into a food processor and puree with 1 cup watercress leaves, 1/4 cup mayonnaise, 2 tablespoons each chopped scallions and tarragon, and salt and pepper. Cut 4 slices ham into thin strips; fold and place in the hollowed-out egg whites. Fill with the yolk mixture.

CRAB-STUFFED DEVILED EGGS

Steps:

• Place cold eggs from refrigerator into a large pot and add enough cold water to cover eggs by 1 inch. Place over high heat, bring to a simmer, and cover pot once eggs start to move around. Remove from heat and let stand for 17 minutes.
• Drain hot water from pan, cover with lid, and shake pot to lightly crack eggs. Fill pot with cold water, pour off cold water, and refill with more cold water. Let eggs stand in water until cold. Peel eggs and cut in half lengthwise.
• Separate yolks from egg halves; place yolks into a mixing bowl.
• Place crab meat onto a plate and separate into 2 equal portions, one containing the small bits and one containing the attractive larger pink chunks. Reserve portion containing larger chunks.
• Chop the portion of crab meat with the smaller chunks; add to egg yolks. Mash yolks with a fork. Stir in mayonnaise, tarragon, Dijon mustard, lemon juice, hot pepper sauce, seafood seasoning, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and black pepper.
• Transfer yolk mixture into a piping bag fitted with a medium tip. Pipe crab filling into cavities of egg halves.
• Chop largest crab pieces and place remaining crabmeat into a small bowl. Lightly stir in lemon zest, creme fraiche, Aleppo pepper, and cayenne pepper with a fork. Taste and adjust salt. If mixture seems dry, stir in more creme fraiche. Top each stuffed egg with a generous pinch of crab mixture.
• Sprinkle each deviled egg with a pinch of chives and a light dusting of cayenne pepper. Transfer eggs to a serving platter; refrigerate until serving time.

WATERCRESS SANDWICHES

Steps:

• The Watercress Butter: In a food processor, blend the butter, watercress leaves, lemon juice, black pepper and cayenne pepper until the mixture is very smooth. Let the mixture stand for about 30 minutes at room temperature or chill it, but bring it back to room temperature before using.
• Watercress Sandwiches: Spread each slice of bread with about 1 1/2 teaspoons of the watercress butter, and cut 4 rounds from each slice with a 4-cm (11/2 inch) round or fluted cutter.
• Arrange a watercress sprig on half the rounds, leaving a little extending over the edge of each and invert the remaining rounds on top to complete the sandwiches.
• Serve the sandwiches on a tray decorated with the extra watercress sprigs.

WATERCRESS STUFFING

Steps:

• Cook onion and celery for about 2 minutes in half the butter or margarine. Add salt, pepper and watercress. Cook until liquid evaporates. Melt remaining butter or margarine and toss with breadcrumbs and other ingredients for stuffing. Use to stuff chicken or game hens.

WATERCRESS STUFFED DEVILED EGGS

Steps:

• Beat butter in processor until light and creamy.
• Cut eggs in half; set whites aside.
• Add yolks,shallots and lemon juice to butter and blend well.
• Add watercress and ground red pepper.
• Season with herb salt to taste.
• Blend until watercress is just incorporated; do not overmix.
• Spoon mixture into pastry bag fitted with star tip and pipe into reserved egg whites or carefully mound mixture into whites using a small spatula or spoon.
• Garnish with your garnish of choice.