Monday, March 31, 2008

Decadent Devilled Eggs

Hardboiled egg yolks are mixed with bacon, shallots, and white wine vinegar and piped back into the egg whites.

Ingredients
1/3 C. mayonnaise
1 large shallot, minced
6 slices bacon, cooked until crisp and finely chopped
6 hard-cooked eggs, peeled and split length-wise
1 heaping tsp. Dijon mustard
1 tsp. white wine vinegar
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
12 drops Tabasco sauce or to taste Paprika, to garnish

Directions
In a medium-size bowl, mash the egg yolks with a fork. Add the bacon, shallot, mayonnaise, mustard, vinegar, salt, pepper and Tabasco. If desired, fill a pastry bag fitted with a large star tip and pipe the yolk mixture back into the egg whites. Or use a small spoon to fill the whites. Sprinkle with paprika and serve.
Makes 12 filled egg halves.

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