Friday, July 13, 2007

Simple Deviled Eggs

Simple Deviled Eggs

Ingredients:

6 hard-boiled eggs
1/2 cup Miracle Whip
1 heaping teaspoon yellow mustard
1 tablespoon milk
dash of salt
ground black pepper or paprika

Above: adding, the mayonnaise, mustard, and milk to the crumbled egg yolks.

Above: the filling mixture and filling the eggs.


The finished product. I sprinkled paprika on the 6 on the left, and fresh ground pepper on the 6 on the right.
Review:

These eggs are the most basic deviled egg recipe I have seen. Just egg yolks, Miracle Whip (which gives a little more bite than mayonnaise), a little milk to thin the filling, some classic yellow mustard, a dash of salt, and some fresh ground pepper or paprika sprinkled on top.

Some people swear by Miracle Whip; others fight to the death for plain mayonnaise. Personally, I think that each has its own benefits, depending on the recipe, but as a rule I like mayonnaise when several other flavors are being added to the filling and Miracle Whip when the filling is very basic. This is the most basic deviled egg recipe out there, so I can see why it calls for Miracle Whip.

However, the Miracle Whip becomes the dominant flavor, with the mustard relegated to a subtle taste and the pepper/paprika seemingly only garnishes. Further, there is a LOT of filling for these eggs, so I think using less Miracle Whip wouldn't hurt.

Overall grade: 60 (on a scale of 1 to 100)
Texture: 15 out of 20
Flavor: 10 out of 20
Appearance: 15 out of 20
Uniqueness: 0 out of 20 (just totally plain)
Ease of preparation: 20 out of 20
What do you guys think?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'd never seen a recipe with milk in it before...the consistency of the filling in your final photo is definitely different from what I'd consider typical...almost looks like soft icing or baby food.

DeviledEggBlogger said...

The consistency was a little thin, but nothing unmanageable, and consistency will be graded in each recipe (as texture).

digital-feeder said...

Ok, out the gate. This was a difficult one to stomach but I love the fact that you dug deep enough into the recipe to give us a real honest opinion. I wont be trying this one, but you have definitely set a great bar on the first recipe. Right On!