Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs
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- Total Time
- 1hr 45mins
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- Serves
- 12
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- Calories
- 122
Use red cabbage and onion skins to make these natural blue and orange-yellow dyes. Soak for 30 minutes for pale pastels up to a few hours for darker colours.
recipe updated 31 Mar 2020
Ingredients
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- Red cabbage
- 180 g
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- Water
- 960 ml
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- White vinegar
- 4 tablespoons
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- Onion
- 8
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- Egg
- 12
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- Water
- as needed
Tools
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Stove
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Stockpot - 5 liter
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Large saucepan
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Step preview
- Add red cabbage, water and white vinegar to a clean large saucepan
- Boil - 30 min
- Strain with sieve and set aside
- Add onion, white vinegar and water to a clean large saucepan
- Boil - 30 min
- Strain with sieve and set aside
- Add egg to a clean stockpot
- Cover with water
- Heat until boiling
- Simmer - 12 min
- Rinse with sieve until cool
- Transfer eggs to large saucepan carefully
- Set aside in fridge - 30 min
- Remove stockpot