Purple Pickled Eggs

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Can It & Ferment It: More Than 75 Satisfying Small-Batch Canning and Fermentation Recipes for the Whole Year

By Stephanie Thurow

Published 2017

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Method

When the jar of pickled beets gets low, use the brine to pickle peeled, hard-boiled eggs. Within a few days, the brine will begin to turn the white portion of the egg purple. The longer the eggs pickle, the more the purple brine will penetrate, eventually coloring even the yolk. These purple eggs are especially a hit when turned into