Purple Eggs

Happy Easter from our house to yours. Whether you say Buona Pasqua, ¡Feliz Pacua!, Kali Anastási, Joyeuses Pâques, or something totally different, our best wishes go out to you on this moveable springtime feast!

I made these lusciously colored eggs with blue food coloring after making the red eggs for my Greek Easter Bread. A small amount of the red dye remained in the pan, so instead of blue the eggs turned a beautiful shade of purple.  For related posts, go to Dyed Red Eggs and Greek Easter Bread.

Purple Eggs

Method for 6 dyed eggs

6 large white eggs

3½ cup boiling water

½ cup vinegar

2 teaspoons blue food coloring

½ teaspoon red food coloring

1. Scrub the raw eggs with liquid dish soap and warm water, rinse well and pat dry.
2. Put 3½  cups cold water into a 1 ½ quart saucepan and gently put in the eggs. Turn heat to medium.
3. Add the food coloring.
4. Bring slowly to the boiling point, which should take 10 or 15 minutes. Slow is better, so as not to crack the shells.
5. Once the water is near the boil, add the vinegar.
6. Boil the eggs for 8-10 minutes and remove from heat.
7. Let the eggs stay in the hot water/dye solution for a further 15 minutes before removing to a rack to cool.