Dye Eggs with Onion Skins for your Seder Plate or Easter Basket

It's spring and that means that Passover and Easter are almost here!

Passover begins at sundown on Saturday, March 27th, and Easter Sunday is April 4th.

Here's a fun, enchanting project, whether you're making the "roasted" egg for your Seder plate or coloring eggs for your chic Easter basket.

These directions are from thekitchn.com. At your grocery store, ask if you may gather up all of the loose onion skins from the bin.

Dye Eggs with Onion Skins

Makes one dozen eggs

What You Need

Ingredients: 


Onion skins from 12 onions (purple, for darker ones, and also yellow)

4 1/2 cups water

3 tablespoons white vinegar

Olive oil

12 large hard-boiled eggs (either white or brown or both)

Equipment:


3-quart saucepan

2-quart measuring cup or mixing bowl

Wooden spoon

Slotted spoon

Paper towel

Instructions

1 Boil onion skins: In a medium (3-quart) stainless steel saucepan, combine the onion skins, water, and vinegar. Use a spoon to stir all the onion skins into the water. Bring up to a boil.

2 Simmer: Turn heat down to low and simmer, covered, for at least 30 minutes.

3 Strain: Strain the mixture into a non-reactive measuring cup or bowl, and allow to cool. It doesn’t have to be cold, just below 160ºF or so, so you don’t keep cooking the eggs.

4 Transfer eggs: Use a slotted spoon to gently transfer the eggs to the measuring cup. Nudge them into place so the liquid is covering all of the eggs, topping off with a little bit of water if necessary.

5 Soak the eggs: Let the eggs soak in the dye for at least 30 minutes, or up to one hour. The longer they soak, the darker they will be.

6 Remove and dry: Remove the eggs from the dye with the slotted spoon and allow to cool on a wire rack.

7 Polish with olive oil: When the eggs are dry and cool enough to handle, use a few drops of olive oil and a paper towel to polish them up. Keep the eggs refrigerated until ready to eat, up to one week.

Notes

• Yellow onion skins will dye the eggs a light tan, while red onion skins will yield a richer brown color. A mix of onion skins, as well as a selection of white and brown eggs will give you a pretty, varied palette of shades.

Enjoy your holiday and stay enchanted!