National Egg Salad Week – Tour d’ America

Welcome to a week-long celebration of all things egg… peel back the shells and enjoy some new ways to have an egg-cellent meal.

Monday – Dessert First – Cadbury Deviled Eggs
Tuesday – Devilish Dishes – Inside Out Deviled Eggs
Wednesday – Entrée Entries – Scotch Eggs
Thursday – Global Ovals – Bauernsalat
Friday – Tour d’ America – Pittsburgh Maurice Salad

Chef Style Maurice Salad with Tangy Cream Dressing

Georgia – Better than Augusta – Great story and pictures from a trip to the Masters golf tournament and the homemade egg salad follow-up… who knew the food was sooo cheap at the Masters!

Indiana – Extraordinary Egg Salad for One – bacon and onion salad at the end of a humorous look at the autor’s egg salad eduction.

Illinois – Italian Egg Salad – U of I Extension post from 2010 Egg Week celebration.

California – Purse Eggstacy Egg Salad – From Euro Pane restaurant in Pasadena.  Sun Dried Tomato, pesto and chives.

Seattle – Deviled Eggs with Smoked Salmon and cucumber with paprika.

Pittsburgh – Maurice Salad – From the menu of the William Penn Hotel in downtown Pittsburgh.  Named for a former band leader this creamy dressing has a pepper jelly kick.

 

National Egg Salad Week – Pittsburgh Maurice Salad

Welcome to a week-long celebration of all things egg… peel back the shells and enjoy some new ways to have an egg-cellent meal.

Monday – Dessert First – Cadbury Deviled Eggs
Tuesday – Devilish Dishes – Inside Out Deviled Eggs
Wednesday – Entrée Entries – Scotch Eggs
Thursday – Global Ovals – Bauernsalat
Friday – Tour d’ America – Pittsburgh Maurice Salad

Chef style salad with a creamy tang.

Simple chicken and ham elevated by a zesty dressing makes this Pittsburgh staple a great addition to your next salad bar night.  The days of watching yellow slivers of goodness tumble to the bottom of the bowl come to an end by adding the chopped egg to the dressing.

Ingredients

Chicken

Add-ins

Dressing

Lessons Learned

Swiss is too mild a cheese to stand up to the smoked ham and pepper jelly.  Next time I would either leave it off or go with a smoked cheese… or I might just be starting a smoked Gouda phase?

Leftover lemon pepper or BBQ chicken would work just as well.

Tomatoes are not in season yet and a nice ripe small local grown (picked ripe not green) would be a great contrast to the tang of the dressing.

 

National Egg Salad Week – Global Ovals

Welcome to a week long celebration of all things egg… peel back the shells and enjoy some new ways to have an egg-cellent meal.

Monday – Dessert First – Cadbury Deviled Eggs
Tuesday – Devilish Dishes – Inside Out Deviled Eggs
Wednesday – Entrée Entries – Scotch Eggs
Thursday – Global Ovals – Bauernsalat
Friday – Tour d’ America – Pittsburgh Maurice Salad

Light and tangy alternative to potato or macaroni salads.

Spain – Receta de Bosque de huevo duro – Boiled egg and tomato stacked on lettuce with dots of mayo.

Spain – Receta de Coliflor con huevo duro – Cauliflower cooked in instant chicken soup mixed with chopped hard boiled egg and spices.

France – Salde d oeufs – bright colors and flavors with fennel, beet, anchovy and capers.

Germany – Bauernsalat – Bologna, Gouda, apples and spices makes a nice main dish twist.

Croatia – Green Bean and egg salad – Vinaigrette with no mayo

Geogia – Gruusia munasalat – walnut and dill with pomegranate seeds to garnish

 

National Egg Salad Week – Bauernsalat

Welcome to a week-long celebration of all things egg… peel back the shells and enjoy some new ways to have an egg-cellent meal.

Monday – Dessert First – Cadbury Deviled Eggs
Tuesday – Devilish Dishes – Inside Out Deviled Eggs
Wednesday – Entrée Entries – Scotch Eggs
Thursday – Global Ovals – Bauernsalat
Friday – Tour d’ America – Pittsburgh Maurice Salad

Light spices and thin sauce let the diverse flavors shine.

The original author had this German Farmer’s Salad (Bauernsalat) on Christmas Eve while visiting her mother.  Try and make this at least a day ahead as the sauce was very light, not even noticeable the first day, but on the second day it melds into a nice balance. I was able to find imported German bologna at my local Wal-Mart Superstore, but not my local grocery store or butcher shop. This is a very large recipe and could easily be split down several times.

Ingredients

Dice

 

National Egg Salad Week – Entrée Entries

Welcome to a week-long celebration of all things egg… peel back the shells and enjoy some new ways to have an egg-cellent meal.

Monday – Dessert First – Cadbury Deviled Eggs
Tuesday – Devilish Dishes – Inside Out Deviled Eggs
Wednesday – Entrée Entries – Scotch Eggs
Thursday – Global Ovals – Bauernsalat
Friday – Tour d’ America – Pittsburgh Maurice Salad

Dress up your Easter Eggs with a spicy wrapper.

Italian Asparagus and Egg Salad Recipe – Chicken and asparagus with tomatoes and eggs.

Scotch Eggs  – There are also baked alternatives (History of the Scotch Egg) to this simple grab and go dish that I was able to put together in less than 15 minutes.

Peruvian Triple Sandwich – Club sandwich with tomato and avocado sometimes made with Raisins and Pecans

Tuscan Summer Bread Salad Recipe – Panzanella

Kickin’ Texas Salad – Fritos, beans, and Catalina dressing make of a great pot luck use of hard-boiled eggs.

Freshly Baked Hard-Boiled Egg Pie – Potato and cheese pie with a couple of fresh and hard-boiled eggs to make a custard-y pie

Ham ‘n’ Egg Cream Puffs – Savory puff filled with a leftover ham and egg cream sauce.

 

National Egg Salad Week – Scotch Eggs

Welcome to a week-long celebration of all things egg… peel back the shells and enjoy some new ways to have an egg-cellent meal.

Monday – Dessert First – Cadbury Deviled Eggs
Tuesday – Devilish Dishes – Inside Out Deviled Eggs
Wednesday – Entrée Entries – Scotch Eggs
Thursday – Global Ovals – Bauernsalat
Friday – Tour d’ America – Pittsburgh Maurice Salad

Blanket your Easter eggs in the sausage of your choice.

British street food makes for a great mid-week grab and go option that can feature other DIY food projects.  I used my own mild Italian sausage mix and bread crumbs from leftover whole wheat Easter dinner rolls.  If you use a commercial sausage they will have a higher fat content, more shrinkage away from the egg and look like the original recipe at Scotland’s Enchanted Kingdom. To create a scotch egg that is not made of grey mystery meat may go against tradition (Consider the Scotch Egg) but makes for a tastier nosh.

Ingredients

Stations of  the Bread

Fry (or Bake)

 

National Egg Salad Week – Deviled Dishes

Welcome to a week-long celebration of all things egg… peel back the shells and enjoy some new ways to have an egg-cellent meal.

Monday – Dessert First – Cadbury Deviled Eggs
Tuesday – Devilish Dishes – Inside Out Deviled Eggs
Wednesday – Entrée Entries – Scotch Eggs
Thursday – Global Ovals – Bauernsalat
Friday – Tour d’ America – Pittsburgh Maurice Salad

Mix up some devilish new recipes this year

When you say deviled egg I see visions of pickles, mustard and mayonnaise. These options expand the creativity of both layout and taste to give you some spicy, some cute, and some refreshing options to use all picnic season long:

Red Chile Deviled Eggs – Chipotle and Ancho with Chives and Cilantro.

Cute Deviled Eggs – Liver pate in these cute upside down duck / swans.

International Incident Party – Deviled Eggs with Potato, Irish Cheddar, and Bacon. See my step by step take on this recipe in today’s National Egg Salad Week – Inside Out Deviled Eggs.

Blue Smoke Deviled Eggs – National BBQ Association recipe that includes their “Magic Dust” BBQ rub.

Colorful Deviled Flowers with Salmon – Eggs formed into flowers and filled with smoked salmon mix.

Avocado Wasabi Deviled Eggs – Balanced with balsamic and green onion.

Smokey Deviled Eggs – Paprika and sun dried tomato.