Egg butter

Simple and delicious spread on bread and sandwiches! Egg butter is a popular spread consisting of butter and yolks of boiled chicken eggs. This dish is originally from Estonia. Rye bread and egg butter are considered traditional Easter food there. In Finland, egg butter is spread on hot Karelian pies. Egg butter sandwiches are really delicious and also nutritious, which is very important for breakfast. A cup of coffee with such a sandwich is a great start to the day!
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 8 % 5 g
Fats 89 % 54 g
Carbohydrates 3 % 2 g
512 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 20 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    Prepare the ingredients. There are quite a few recipes for egg butter. They differ in additives that complement the main two components – butter and yolks of boiled chicken eggs. You can add to them anything that seems to go well with these ingredients. To get a spicy spread, you can add horseradish or hot pepper. The taste of egg butter with herbs is interesting. Boil hard-boiled chicken eggs.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Pre-chicken eggs need to be washed with soap to avoid penetration of germs inside. In order for the eggs not to burst during cooking, the water in which they are cooked needs a little salt. When the chicken eggs are cooked, we drain the water, fill them with cold water so that it is easier to peel them from the shell. When the chicken eggs have cooled down, we clean them. Separate the yolks from the proteins. Proteins can be used to prepare other dishes.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Grind the yolks into a homogeneous mass with a blender or knead with a fork or spoon. Boiled yolks are quite soft, so it is easy to cope with any kitchen appliance, even manual. Butter should be removed from the refrigerator in advance so that it softens at room temperature. But in no case should it be melted in the microwave or otherwise, the egg mass will not get the desired consistency and the taste will be spoiled.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Add butter to the egg yolks, add salt, ground black pepper and finely chopped fresh herbs. You can add any greens to taste, dill, parsley, basil. Mix the mass thoroughly so that the spices are evenly distributed over it. Put the egg-cream mixture in a bowl, carefully leveling it and put it in the refrigerator for 20 minutes so that the butter freezes.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Serve egg butter to the table with rye or wheat bread. Bon appetit!

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Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Ground black pepper - 255   kcal/100g
  • Butter 82% - 734   kcal/100g
  • Amateur unsalted butter - 709   kcal/100g
  • Unsalted peasant butter - 661   kcal/100g
  • Peasant salted butter - 652   kcal/100g
  • Melted butter - 869   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Egg yolks - 352   kcal/100g
  • Fresh frozen soup greens in a package - 41   kcal/100g
  • Greenery - 41   kcal/100g

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