Recipe Category: Dinner
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Ingredients
- Serving Size : 12
- 2 cup very strong black tea from fireplace
- 1/3 cup salt
- 1 cup lime*
- 2 cup ashes of pine wood
- 12 fresh duck egg
Method
- They may be purchased individually in Oriental markets.
- Combine tea, salt, ashes and lime.
- Using about 1/2 cup per egg, thickly coat each egg completely with this clay-like mix- ture.
- Line a large crock with garden soil and carefully lay coated eggs on top.
- Cover with more soil and place crock in a cool dark place.
- Allow to cure for 100 days.
- To remove coating, scrape eggs and rinse under running water to clean thoroughly.
- Crack lightly and remove shells.
- The white of the egg will appear a grayish, translucent color and have a gelatinous texture.
- The yolk, when sliced, will be a grayish-green color.
- To serve, cut into wedges and serve with:
- Sweet pickled scallions or any sweet pickled vegetable Sauce of 2 tablespoons each vinegar, soy sauce and rice wine and 1 tablespoon minced ginger root.
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