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Do you have a recipe for pickled eggs?
Place three cups white wine vinegar in a pan along with a tablespoon of pickling spice and a strip of orange rind tied in muslin cloth, plus a teaspoon of salt.
Bring to the boil and simmer 10 minutes, then cool.
Meanwhile hard boil 12 eggs for a good 15 minutes before shelling and cooling.
Place the eggs in one or two wide-necked jars, cover with the cold vinegar and seal with a screw lid. Leave three weeks before eating.
What is kosher salt?
It's a coarse-grained salt evaporated from brine, usually under guidelines approved by the Orthodox Jewish faith. Kosher salt is often used in American commercial kitchens, either because the large grains make it easy to sprinkle on foods or because it is usually contains no additives. When a recipe calls for kosher salt you could substitute sea salt or regular table salt without affecting the flavour - if measured by volume rather than weight, use a little less because of the salt's large grain size.
