Egg and Anchovy Barrels

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Robert Carrier

Published 1965

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Ingredients

  • 4 hard-boiled eggs
  • 8 anchovy fillets
  • 2 tablespoons mayonnaise</

Method

Shell eggs and cut tops and bottoms off with a sharp knife dipped in cold water. Carefully remove yolks from broad end of eggs, being careful not to split whites. Mash yolks to a smooth paste with 4 anchovy fillets, mayonnaise and paprika. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper, and stuff eggs with this mixture. If mixture is too stiff, add more mayonnaise.

To serve: place egg