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Beet Salad Devilled Eggs

Gail Pearce Elegant Entertaining
Servings 12 appetizers

Ingredients
  

  • 6 hard-cooked eggs
  • 2 red beets
  • 1/2 cup lemon juice or apple cider vinegar
  • 1 cup feta cheese, crumbled
  • 1 scallion or green onion, chopped fine
  • 12 pumpkin seeds
  • 2 tablespoons mayonnaise or greek yogurt
  • 2 large lettuce leaves
  • Salt and Pepper

Instructions
 

  • Cook 6 eggs in boiling water for seven minutes. Let cool and peel.
  • Clean, peel, and slice the beets.
  • Pickling Liquid: In a medium saucepan, add 4 cups water, the beet slices, 1/2 cup lemon juice or vinegar, 1 tsp. salt. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to simmer for 30 minutes. Let cool.
  • Transfer the pickling liquid to a large resealable bag and set the bag in a large bowl, add 6 peeled hard-cooked eggs.
  • Squeeze the air out of the bag and seal. Make sure the eggs are submerged in the pickling liquid.
  • Refrigerate for 5 hours.
  • Remove the eggs from the liquid and blot dry with a paper towel.
  • Cut one cooked beet into fine dices and set aside to be used for garnish.
  • Cut your dyed eggs in half and remove the egg yolk.
  • Prepare the filling: In a small bowl add the egg yolk, mayonnaise (or yogurt), half of the feta, salt, and pepper. Mix well.
  • Tear small pieces of lettuce to be placed into the egg half.
  • Pipe or spoon the filling on top of the lettuce leaf in the egg half.
  • Garnish with chopped beets, green onions, remaining feta, and two pumpkin seeds.
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