Belle’s Spiderweb Eyeball Eggs

Name: Belle's Spiderweb Eyeball Eggs
Yield: Makes 14 halves
Ingredients: 7 large eggs; 4-5 cups cold water; Liquid food colouring: purple, or red + blue (about 1-1.5 tsp each); 3 tbsp mayo, 1 tbsp Dijon mustard, 1 tsp dill pickle juice; 2 tbsp chopped fresh dill, 3 green onions (green parts); Salt, pepper, pinch of cayenne; a few drops green colouring; 1 strip crispy bacon, 4-5 black olives in rings

Belle taps the shells gently with a spoon, little cracks spaced apart, and leaves the ends alone: that is what makes a web instead of a purple blob.

Makes 14 halves
Dye soak overnight

A painted dark plate of deviled egg halves with purple spiderweb-marbled whites, green dill filling, black olive pupils and bacon eyelids, beside a small carved pumpkin.

Ingredients

7 large eggs
4-5 cups cold water
Liquid food colouring: purple, or red + blue (about 1-1.5 tsp each)
3 tbsp mayo, 1 tbsp Dijon mustard, 1 tsp dill pickle juice
2 tbsp chopped fresh dill, 3 green onions (green parts)
Salt, pepper, pinch of cayenne; a few drops green colouring
1 strip crispy bacon, 4-5 black olives in rings

You’ll wanta spoon, a glass bowl and a piping bag.

Method

Boil: Eggs into cold water, bring to a rolling boil, cover, off the heat 9 min. Ice bath.
Crack: Tap fine, spaced cracks with the back of a spoon. Keep the shell on; leave the ends alone.
Dye: Glass bowl, colouring + cold water over the eggs. Cover and chill overnight (peek at 8-10 h).
Peel: Peel under cool water and halve lengthwise.
Fill: Mash the yolks with the mayo, mustard, pickle juice, dill, green onion and seasoning; tint green. Pipe back in.
Eyes: An olive ring for the pupil, a shard of bacon for the eyelid. Serve chilled.
Tip: Use ordinary liquid food colouring. Beet, tea and plant dyes won't colour through the shell, and under 6 hours won't colour.

Inspired by @baconandspice.