Published: by Absolutely Recipes, in the recipes category.

Christmas Deviled Eggs Recipe.

Ingredients:

12 hard-boiled large eggs
Hot water
2 TSPs red food coloring
1/2 cup mayonnaise
4-1/2 TSPs Dijon mustard
1 TBSP sweet pickle relish
1/4 TSP paprika
1 TBSP horseradish sauce, optional
1 TBSP capers, drained
1 to 2 ounces thick sliced deli ham, cut into 24 pieces
1/2 roasted sweet red pepper strips, cut into 24 thin pieces
1/3 cup cream cheese, softened

Recipe Instructions:

Peel and cut eggs lengthwise in half.
Remove yolks and place in a small bowl.
Fill a mug 1/3 full with hot water.
Stir in food coloring.
Dip the narrow end of each egg into the red water and hold for 10-15 seconds.
Drain eggs on paper towels, cut side up.

In a small bowl, mash yolks.
Stir in mayonnaise, mustard, pickle relish, paprika and, if desired, horseradish sauce.
Spoon or pipe into each egg white.
Attach capers for eyes, a ham piece for a nose and a pepper piece for a mouth.

Cut a small hole in the tip of a pastry bag or in a corner of a food-safe plastic bag; insert #16 star pastry tip.
Fill bag with cream cheese.
Pipe eyebrows, mustache and beard on face; pipe pom-pom and trim on hat.
Refrigerate, covered, until serving.

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