Cheese Eggs

A wonderful appetizer for the Easter table — cheese "krashenki"! (Krashenki are the dyed Easter eggs of the Slavic tradition; here they're recreated in cheese.) It's a clever, eye-catching nibble for any festive spread. The cheese mixture is very pliable, so you can shape it into just about anything — a colored Easter egg here, little hearts for Valentine's Day, or ornaments for the New Year. And the colors can be all over the map, depending on what you roll them in.

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Recipe author

Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Hard cheese

100

Processed cheese

100

Eggs

Garlic

Mayonnaise

Olives

Paprika

Dill (dried)

Lettuce leaves (for garnish)

Salt

Ground black pepper

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 32 % 12 g

Fats 58 % 22 g

Carbohydrates 11 % 4 g

232 kcal

GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Cooking method

Cooking time: 30 min

Step 1:

Gather all the ingredients. Hard-boil the eggs and peel them, open a jar of olives (mine are stuffed with lemon), and peel one clove of garlic. It helps to chill the processed cheese in the freezer ahead of time so it grates more easily.
Step 2:

Grate the hard cheese on the fine side of a grater.
Step 3:

Grate the processed cheese as well.
Step 4:

Then grate the boiled eggs and the garlic clove on the fine side too.
Step 5:

Add the mayonnaise, salt, and pepper.
Step 6:

Mix the cheese mixture together well.
Step 7:

Shape the cheese mixture into eggs, wetting your hands in cold water as you go (disposable gloves work even better). Tuck a surprise — an olive — inside each one. You can hide all sorts of surprise fillings, or leave them plain, since the cheese mixture is delicious on its own. Instead of an olive you can use anything: a walnut, a pistachio, or a piece of salt-cured red fish.
Step 8:

Shape eggs from the rest of the mixture the same way.
Step 9:

For the "dye," we'll use paprika and dried dill. You can use fresh finely chopped dill instead of dried. Crushed walnuts, peanuts, or toasted sesame seeds also make a great coating.
Step 10:

Roll each cheese egg in our "dyes" and you've got real Easter "krashenki."
Step 11:

Arrange the cheese eggs on lettuce leaves and serve.

To make the cheese eggs easy for guests to pick up, stick a pretty toothpick into each one. You can also skewer a piece of sausage, fish, or a thin slice of lemon onto the toothpick to turn them into lovely little canapés. It's all up to your imagination — cooking is creativity for the soul! Enjoy, and here's to new kitchen successes. Happiness and good things to your home!