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Deviled Mice
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8 Eggs
- 4 1/2 tablespoons Mayonnaise
- 6 large Letuce leaves
- 16 Pimento stuffed olives
- 1 tablespoon Chocolate sprinkles
- Gently place the eggs in a saucepan and fill it with water until the eggs are
just covered.
- bring the water to a boil over high heat.
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Turn the heat down to medium and allow to simmer for 10 minutes.
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Remove the pan from the heat and carefully drain the water into the
sink.
- Cover the eggs with cold water and set aside for five minutes.
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Gently crack the eggs against a hard surface, then carefully peel off the
shells.
- Slice each egg in half lengthwise.
- With clean fingers, scoop out the
yolks and put them in a small bowl.
- Mash the yolks with a fork until they are crumbly.
- Add mayonnaise and blend.
- Carefully fill the empty egg whites with yolk mixture.
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Cover a platter with lettuce leaves, setting a leaf or two aside for garnish.
- Arrange the egg halves, YOLK SIDE DOWN, on the leaves. These are your mice
bodies.
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To give them each eyes and a nose, pull the pimento out of an olive and cut it
into three small sections
- cut thirty two thin, lengthwise strips from several of the
green olives.
- Stick two of these strips end to end onto the back end of the
mouse to form the tail.
- Out of the remaining olives, cut thirty two small
triangular ear pieces and any other mice parts you might desire
To garnish: Tear small pieces of lettuce and position in front of the mice's
mouths as if they have been noshing. Serve

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