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Ingredients List

White chicken eggs
Herbs, leafs or flowers
Ladies stocking, alternatively, any other elastic mesh or cheese cloth
Butchers string
Onion peel, the brown skin only, you will need a lot so you need to gather and save them for quite a while ahead of time
A vegetable oil soaked kitchen towel
Lots of imagination

Recipe Description

Coloring easter eggs is one of the traditions I have the fondest memories of from when I was a kid.

I am a strong believer in the upkeep of traditions and just a few days ago did the process with my own kids. Perhaps in terms of cooking and culinary delight not necessarily the most challenging recipe, but I feel that we need to honor traditions such as the coloring of easter eggs and besides that it makes a great spring table decoration for your Easter brunch or a nice gift to give away to your friends.

Method Description

Pack a sauce pan full with with onion peel, then add cold water so the onion peel is just covered and bring to boil to make the dye.
Boil for approximately 20 minutes, adding a bit of water if needed, the strain through a fine sieve or cheese cloth.
The more onion peel per the amount of water the stronger the dye and ultimately the eggs will be darker colored after cooking.
You can also use some coffee grinds or a mixture of both.
Cut the ladies stockings open and then into squares large enough to fully wrap the egg.
Arrange the leafs, flower of herb according to your design and creativity on to the egg, then cover with the stocking tightly, ensuring that the leafs and flowers are staying where they were placed.
Grab all the 4 corners of the elastic stocking on the other side of the egg, twist the stocking tightly and secure with the butcher string.
Bring your homemade dye to boil, add the wrapped eggs gently and boil your eggs to your likening from 8 to 10 minutes depending ion the size and your preference.
Remove the eggs from the cooking liquid and cool in ice water immediately.
Remove the stocking and the leafs or flowers to reveal the final "design" of the egg.
Rub the egg with a little vegetable oil to achieve a glossy shine.