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Hard-Cooked Eggs with Cumin, Coarse Salt, and Cayenne

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Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Serves 6

Ingredients

1 tablespoon cuminseed
1 teaspoon coriander seeds
6 hard-cooked large eggs, halved
2 tablespoons coarse salt, or to taste
1 tablespoon cayenne, or to taste

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    In a small skillet dry-roast cuminseed and coriander seeds over moderate heat, shaking the skillet, until fragrant, being careful not to burn them. In a mortar with a pestle, an electric spice grinder, or a cleaned coffee grinder grind seeds fine.

    Step 2

    Arrange egg halves on a platter and sprinkle with some cumin mixture, salt, and cayenne.

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