For these classic hors d’oeuvres, blend hardboiled egg yolks with the traditional ingredients of a romesco sauce: piquillo peppers, sherry vinegar, and hazelnuts. The result is a mild and creamy two-bite wonder with just a hint of smoky spice. They make a perfect brunch appetizer or light snack to keep Mom going. Make them pretty by piling the filling high and garnishing with piquillo pepper slices, hazelnuts, and capers. Deliver them to her while she reads her favorite book.
No wobbles
If you slice off a small portion of the bottom of the egg white before filling it, you’ll have a flat edge so the egg can sit on a plate or board without wobbling.
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Keep it clean
To keep your eggs tidy, wipe your knife each time you slice through an egg so that it doesn’t trail egg yolk over the whites. Likewise, when you use the cookie scoop, wipe the edges of the scoop before releasing it into the egg white.
This recipe originally appeared on alive.com as “Romesco Devilled Eggs.”
- In medium saucepan with lid, cover eggs with cold water. Add lid and heat on high to bring to boil. Once water boils, remove from heat, keep covered, and set timer for 15 minutes. Just before timer finishes, fill a bowl with cold water and ice and set aside. When timer goes off, use slotted spoon to remove eggs from saucepan and plunge into ice water. Allow eggs to rest in water until completely cool, about 15 to 20 minutes.
- While eggs are cooling, add hazelnuts to bowl of food processor and blitz to a fine crumb. Remove 1 Tbsp and reserve for garnish.
- Cut eggs lengthwise (see tip), set aside whites and add yolks to hazelnuts in food processor with 1 piquillo pepper, olive oil, garlic clove, sherry vinegar, paprika, and salt. Blend to a fine paste.
- Scoop mixture into egg whites using a small cookie scoop, or by placing mixture into piping bag and piping into whites. Cut fine strips of remaining piquillo pepper and use as garnish. Make a small circle with a strip of pepper, place on top of each egg, adding 3 capers to the center of the circle. Sprinkle with remaining hazelnut crumbs.
