Coloring Easter Eggs at home without harsh dyes or chemicals, using ingredients you already have like red cabbage, turmeric and onion peels - Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs
Course Appetizer
Cuisine Continental
Keyword Coloring Easter Eggs
Prep Time 8 hourshours
Total Time 8 hourshours
Ingredients
Onion skins = dark orange to rust browndepending on white or brown eggs
Turmeric or cumin = pale yellow
Red beets = Pink-ishon white eggs
Red onion skins = Pale purple
Red cabbage = Blueon white eggs and deep blue/green on brown eggs
Coffee = Tanon white eggs - looks like regular brown egg
Raspberries = Pink
Instructions
Prepare dyes according to instructions.
Place the dyes into wide mouth glass jars. Carefully lower the eggs into the jars using a tablespoon. Keep your eggs refrigerated. Soak the eggs overnight in the fridge and carefully remove from the jars the next morning. For lighter blue eggs, remove some after 6-8 hours to check if you are happy with the colour. Place the eggs on a cooling rack until completely dry. I prefer a naturally matte finish on the eggs, however if you want them to shine, add a few drops of oil and wipe carefully. If you keep the eggs in the fridge, I suggest they are edible when eaten within a week. I usually use the eggs for Olivye Salad (Оливье - Russian Potato Salad).