Surprise eggs


Surprise eggs
These look like perfectly normal boiled eggs, but when the shell is cracked open - surprise! They contain a mixture of scrambled egg, cured ham, fried prawns and chives.
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Last modified on: September 26th 2010

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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 27 min.
Cooking: 24 min.
All in all: 51 min.
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Stage 1 - 10 min.
Surprise eggs
Peel 150 g cooked prawns, or little grey shrimps in this case. If you are using larger prawns, cut them into small pieces.

Stage 2 - 5 min.
Surprise eggs
Prepare 1 shallot and chop finely. Cut 2 slices cured ham into small peices.

Stage 3 - 2 min.
Surprise eggs
Pour 2 tablespoons olive oil into a non-stick pan over high heat. When it's nice and hot, add the chopped shallot, salt and pepper. Cook for 1 or 2 minutes while stirring.

Stage 4 - 2 min.
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Add the prawns and ham, and continue cooking a further 2 or 3 minutes.

One minute before the end of this cooking time, add the juice of ½ lemon and stir well.

Stage 5 - 5 min.
Surprise eggs
Break 4 Eggs, but in a rather special way: break the shell at the bottom (the rounded end), keeping as much of the shell whole as possible.

This is best done using a broad-bladed knife, as if slicing the top off a soft-boiled egg, by tapping all round the shell.

Stage 6 - 20 min.
Surprise eggs
Put the eggs in a bowl and beat with salt and pepper. Cook as scrambled eggs.

Stage 7 - 2 min.
Surprise eggs
As soon as they are cooked, add the prawn-ham mixture and the finely-chopped chives.

The filling can be prepared in advance, though it's better to add the chives at the last minute. You will simply need to reheat the mixture just before filling the eggshells.

Stage 8 - 5 min.
Surprise eggs
Heat the eggcups as you would plates.

Carefully fill the shells with the mixture. Place a spoonful of filling in the bottom of each eggcup...

Stage 9
Surprise eggs
...and turn the filled eggshell smartly upside-down on top.

Wipe around the eggcup carefully to keep the element of surprise Serve without delay, accompanied by breadsticks that have been buttered then toasted.
Remarks
If none of your guests have slipped into the kitchen to see you, and in so doing discovered the secret (best shoo them out with cries of "go and sit down at the table, it's nearly ready!"), you'll make a real impression when they crack their shells.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe70 30 %10 1 %100 20 %1,210 60 %5,050 60 %
Per 100 g10 4 %1 0 %20 3 %210 10 %870 10 %
Per person20 6 %2 0 %30 4 %300 20 %1,260 20 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man
Possible allergens in this recipe: Shellfish, Egg, Milk
How much will it cost?
  • For 4 people : 3.43 €
  • Per person : 0.86 €

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