Eggs Mimosa Recipe

This is a classic and simple recipe for a starter that makes an excellent dish for Valentine's day.

Despite coming from the Cordon Bleu cookery book, this is very simple to make and ideal for any egg-lover out there.

Eggs Mimosa

Serves:4

Ingredients:

4 large, hard-boiled eggs
170g (6 oz) prawns (shrimp), cooked, peeled and coarsely chopped
300ml thick mayonnaise
watercress, to garnish

Method:

Once the eggs have cooled peel them. Split each egg in half lengthways then scoop out the yolks. Carefully push half the yolks through a fine-meshed sieve into a bowl.

Add the prawn pieces then mix together and add 2 tbsp of the mayonnaise to bind.

Arrange the egg whites on a serving dish. Fill the egg yolk hollows with the prawn mixture.

Take the remaining mayonnaise and thin slightly with 1 tbsp hot water. Use this mixture to coat the eggs.

Place the remaining egg yolks in a strainer and holding over he eggs, push through with the back of a spoon to dust the eggs.

Serve garnished with the watercress.

For a Complete Valentine's Day meal, you can choose from the recipes presented on this blog:

Starters:

Sole à l'Indienne (Fish)
Eggs Mimosa (Eggs)

Main Courses:
Pork Tenderloin with Prunes (Pork)
Sea Trout en Gelée with Mayonnaise Nantua (Fish)

Desserts:

Orange Soufflé Nantaise
Apple Mousse Gâtinaise

Other Recipes:
Chocolate Truffles (to serve with coffee)

For hundreds more Valentine's day recipes, and a brief introduction to Valentine's day please visit the Celtnet Valentine's day recipes and Food page.