Surprise-Filled Easter Eggs

Tired of the usual dyed Easter eggs? Let's give them a surprise inside! Easter is right around the corner and there's no time to spare. I suggest making surprise eggs that are sure to wow everyone — you've never had jelly candy and "ice cream" served in an eggshell like this! I'll also share a quick, unusual trick for decorating Easter eggs with nail polish.

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 31 % 4 g
Fats 23 % 3 g
Carbohydrates 46 % 6 g
48 kcal
GI: 83 / 0 / 17

Cooking method

  1. Step 1:

    Step 1

    Decorating the eggs: take a chicken egg with an intact shell. Carefully make a hole in the shell with a sharp tool and use a syringe to draw out the yolk and white.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2

    Rinse the empty shell thoroughly under running water. Coat the shells with white nail polish as a base.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3

    Pour water into a glass. Take any nail polish and drip it onto the water's surface drop by drop. Get creative and make patterns on the water — it's best to use several polish colors.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4

    Take an egg and gently lower it into the water so the pattern transfers onto the shell.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5

    Admire the result and let the polish dry a little.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6

    Cover the piece of pumpkin and the apple with a little water and cook until tender.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7

    Remove from the heat and blend smooth. Strain through cheesecloth. Add enough water to the resulting liquid to make 250 ml, then bring it to a boil.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8

    Dissolve the agar-agar in 75 ml of cold water and add it to the pumpkin mixture. Mix thoroughly and add honey to taste for sweetness.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9

    Remove from the heat and fill an eggshell using the syringe.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10

    Refrigerate to set for 20–30 minutes.

  11. Step 11:

    Step 11

    Take any juice you like, preferably homemade, and fill another shell with it using the syringe.

  12. Step 12:

    Step 12

    Insert a bamboo stick into the hole and place it in the freezer to set, popsicle-style.

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

  • Apples - 47  kcal/100g
  • Dried apples - 210  kcal/100g
  • Canned apple mousse - 61  kcal/100g
  • Pumpkin - 29  kcal/100g
  • Honey - 400  kcal/100g
  • Juice - 36  kcal/100g
  • Water - 0  kcal/100g
  • Chicken egg - 80  kcal/100g
  • Agar-agar - 301  kcal/100g

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