Starters Recipes - Cornish Stuffed Eggs

 
 

Starters Recipes - Cornish Stuffed Eggs

Ingredients

  • 4 hard-boiled (hard-cooked) eggs

  • 120 g/5 oz/1 small can pilchards in tomato sauce

  • 10 ml/2 tsp snipped chives

  • 25 g/1 oz/1/4 cup cooked long-grain rice

  • 15 ml/1 tbsp salad cream

  • 15 ml/1 tbsp single (light) cream

  • A pinch of cayenne

  • Shredded lettuce

  • Parsley sprigs


Method:

  1. Halve the eggs lengthways. Scoop the yolks into a bowl and mash with the pilchards (discarding the bones, if preferred).

  2. Add the chives, rice, salad cream, single cream and a pinch of cayenne.

  3. Mix well, then pile back into the egg halves. Serve on a bed of lettuce, garnished with parsley sprigs.