Boiled eggs served in the shell are a popular breakfast dish. Egg need to be fresh as posible and should be kept at room temperature for at least 1 hour before bolilng.
- place the eggs into frying-basket and then into a pan of boling water
- simmer gently 3-5 minutes for lightly-soft-biled and 10 minutes for hard-boiled (overcook eggs will result in a greyish-blue covering to the yolks)
- remove the basket of eggs and place under running cold water
- shell them quickly and reserve for use
Mixed Fresh Salad & Eggs
Ingredients
Salad:
200g mixed salad leaves
2 large hard boiled eggs
1 avocado
olives
Dressing:
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp olive oil
salt
Method:
Peal the hard boiled eggs, and cut into thick slices.
Cut the avocado in half, remove the stone and skin and slice.
In a large bowl combine salad leaves and salad dressing.
Top with eggs, olives and avocado slices.
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