Tenina.com's Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs

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  1. If using the TM6 egg boiling function, choose your dye colour ingredients and add to the Thermomix bowl first with enough water to JUST cover your eggs. I only did 2 at a time as I wanted all the colours.

  2. Chop the ingredients with the water for 6 sec/speed 6.

  3. Add the eggs and process them using the hard boiled setting twice. Add the vinegar at the end, about 2 tsp per cup of water. This sets the colour.

  4. Remove the eggs carefully and pour your dye into a large enough jar to hold however many eggs you are making. Add the eggs and cover. Allow the dye to cool as the eggs both continue to cook and dye!

  5. Remove the eggs and dry them, then repeat with as many different combos as you wish.

  6. When the dyes have cooled, remove the eggs and dry them with a paper towel, or let them air dry naturally. You will have some of the dye come off.

  7. Dip or soak them again. And up to as many times as you like until you are happy with the results.

  8. Air dry them fully.

  9. Pour a little EVOO onto a paper towel or soft cloth, and polish each egg.

  10. Display as you wish! (Keep them in the fridge at night, or in the lead up to Easter) as much as possible. They should be fine, but I have no evidence yet of them being OK for a long period of time.

  11. IF you don't have the TM6 you can still make these dyes in the Thermomix. Just leave the eggs out of the process and dip them afterwards.

  12. To make the dyes, add the dye ingredients to the Thermomix bowl with 4 cups water and chop the ingredients with the water for 6 sec/speed 6.

  13. Cook 20 min/100°C/reverse/speed 2. Proceed as directed above, placing hot boiled eggs into the hot dye.

  14. Then continue as per remainder of recipe above.

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