A drink made from hibiscus petals, known as hibiscus tea, can be used to color Easter eggs.
This method gives the shell a nice bluish tint. And if you use a little trick, a marble imprint will appear on the surface of the eggs.
How to dye marble eggs
To start, the eggs are taken out of the refrigerator and allowed to warm to room temperature. They are carefully washed. Also, you must erase all inscriptions if it is a factory product.
Hibiscus is poured into the pan, poured with water and put on the stove. The task is to prepare a saturated broth, so about 40 g of raw materials are used per 1 liter of liquid.
Eggs are placed in a pan with petals. To improve the result, try not to lay a lot of eggs. For example, 4 pieces are enough for a medium saucepan.
When the water boils, the fire is reduced to a minimum, then boiled for another 10 minutes. At the same time, another 4-6 eggs are boiled in clean water.
In 10 minutes. the pan is removed from the heat. Two eggs are removed from the liquid, and two more are left in the broth – they will acquire a more saturated shade.
The secret of different shades of eggs
If you prepare a decoction without eggs, and then put them in a liquid, the shade will be different. To do this, add 1 tablespoon of vinegar to 1 liter of broth, then mix.
Hard-boiled eggs are placed in the liquid and left there for at least 20 minutes. The maximum is 2 to 2.5 hours.
For example, some leaders proceed as follows: the first is removed after 20 minutes, the second after 40 minutes, the third after 60 minutes and the last after 120 minutes.
how to shine
There’s a little trick that will make dyed eggs shine. To do this, you need vegetable oil. They have to rub the eggshells. A small amount of vegetable oil is enough.
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