Tea Eggs!
Made about eight tea eggs earlier this week with the remainder of a carton of eggs; I was really craving these yummy treats but I realized after already doing my initial hard boil that I didn’t have any cinnamon sticks or clove because I’ve been using them to treat the pain from a cracked too that I can’t afford to get fixed right now.
So, I scoured the internet looking for alternative tea eggs recipes and I eventually settled on one that used soy sauce, sugar, salt, a juiced tangerine which I happened to have in the fridge, some vanilla, and peppercorns. And, of course, my tea. I picked this one because I figured the almost anise-like notes of the tea and natural fruity/orange notes I’ve experienced would compliment the rest of the flavour profile.
So, several hours later… tea eggs!
I actually quite like this alternative recipe: the eggs came out super pretty looking and they taste nice too. Of course, it’s a little tricky figuring out just how much of the flavour I’m tasting is from the added ingredients and how much is from the tea itself; but in addition to the normal flavours a hard boiled egg would have each of these also has a subtle sweetness (the vanilla?) and a light citursy/tangerine like flavour. It’s kind of different, but in a very enjoyable way.
These have kind of been my “on the go” breakfast the last few days – and now I only have two eggs left and I’m already really sad to be done with them. I go through tea eggs way too quickly.