{"id":117,"date":"2008-06-29T20:20:29","date_gmt":"2008-06-29T19:20:29","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2021-03-13T10:43:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T09:43:46","slug":"pickled-eggs-and-spiced-pickled-eggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selfsufficientish.com\/main\/pickled-eggs-and-spiced-pickled-eggs\/","title":{"rendered":"Pickled Eggs and Spiced Pickled Eggs &#8211; Andy Hamilton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nev Sweeney our guru of urban self sufficiency asked me on <a href=\"..\/..\/forum\">our forum<\/a> if I anyone had a recipe for pickled eggs, so I posted this one below. I also thought that as a lot of people who visit this site keep chickens that many will benefit from a couple of ideas of how to preserve the eggs they are getting. So here&#8217;s a couple of pickled egg recipes. The first is just a basic pickled eggs recipe and the second is for spiced pickled eggs.<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Pickled Eggs<\/h3>\n<h4>Ingredients<\/h4>\n<p>6 Hard-boiled eggs, peeled<br \/>\n125 ml       Vinegar<br \/>\n250 ml       Water<br \/>\n5 ml (1 tsp)      Sugar<br \/>\n3 mL (3\/4 tsp)      Salt<br \/>\n2 mL (1\/2 tsp)      Peppercorn<br \/>\n5      Whole cloves<br \/>\n\u00bd Bay<a href=\"..\/..\/bay.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <\/a>leaf<br \/>\n1      Dried chili pepper<\/p>\n<h4>Method\/Procedure<\/h4>\n<p>Place hard-boiled eggs into a jar. Combine other ingredients in a small saucepan.<\/p>\n<p>Cover and bring to a boil. Then reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Strain liquid and cool to room temperature.<\/p>\n<p>Cover eggs with vinegar solution.<\/p>\n<p>Cover with lid and let stand in the refrigerator for at least 2 days before using.<a name=\"spiced\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Spiced Pickled Eggs<\/h3>\n<h4>Ingredients<\/h4>\n<p>2 tsp crushed pepper corns.<br \/>\n2 tsp roughly crushed allspice berries<br \/>\n2 tsp ground ginger<br \/>\n1 tsp salt<br \/>\n1 liter (1 and three quarter pints) wine or herb vinegar<br \/>\n16 small fresh eggs.<\/p>\n<h4>Method<\/h4>\n<p>Put the seasoning in a bit of muslin and tie into a little bag with string.<br \/>\npour the vinegar into a saucepan and add the spice bag. Bring to the boil and simmer for 20 mins in a covered pan Allow the liquid to cool in the pan and stand for 2 hours before removing the spice bag.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile boil the eggs for at least 10 mins. Place the cooked eggs in cold water to cool, then carefully remove the shells.<\/p>\n<p>Divide the eggs between sterilized jars, pour on the could spiced liquid, making sure the eggs are completely immersed in the liquid, and seal with airtight lids. Leave for a month before opening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Nev Sweeney our guru of urban self sufficiency asked me on our forum if I anyone had a recipe for pickled eggs, so I posted this one below. I also thought that as a lot <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.selfsufficientish.com\/main\/pickled-eggs-and-spiced-pickled-eggs\/\" title=\"Pickled Eggs and Spiced Pickled Eggs &#8211; Andy Hamilton\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[730],"tags":[246,247,245,244],"class_list":["post-117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","tag-eggs","tag-pickled","tag-pickled-eggs","tag-spiced-pickled-eggs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.selfsufficientish.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.selfsufficientish.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.selfsufficientish.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfsufficientish.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfsufficientish.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfsufficientish.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3127,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfsufficientish.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions\/3127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.selfsufficientish.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfsufficientish.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfsufficientish.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}