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[chickencam]

I have 33 eggs in my kitchen I have used 6 so far today too.

 

What is your favourite way to use loads of eggs?

[hillfamily]

I make lots of fairy cakes...a favourite in this house for lunch boxes

 

Other faves to use up eggs are Egg Custard Tart and Eggs, Chips and Beans for tea, Chocolate Swirly Meringues and also, Lemon Curd, which uses up the spare yolks from the meringues (nice filling in a Victoria Sponge which also helps use up an egg surplus) :D

[majorbloodnock]

Depends on how many in the family. We've two adults (one of whom will eat eggs as long as she can't taste them as such) and two kids. Scrambled eggs for breakfast therefore uses up 7 eggs immediately. Omelettes ditto.

 

I made some Scotch eggs at the beginning of last week (9 eggs for 8 scotch eggs, all of which have gone now), and this evening's pud was a creme caramel (which used 4 eggs in one go). If you're a pudding sort of person, think about a flan using pate sucre rather than shortcrust pastry, and filling it with creme patissiere topped with fruit. That should take care of another four eggs.

 

To be honest, though, if I had that kind of build-up of eggs, I'd pickle them; I have many a fond memory from childhood of helping my dad make them.

 

Other thoughts that spring to mind:

 

• Eggs florentine
  
• Eggs benedict
  
• Make up some mayonnaise
  
• Kedgeree
  
• Tagliatelle carbonara (yes, making your own egg-based tagliatelle as well as using the eggs in the carbonara sauce)

 

No doubt I'll think up some more soon.

[Cinnamon]

Lemon curd

 

My fab Parsai Eggs (do a search,I have posted the recipe before )

[Guest]

make lemon curd ice cream, that'll use a few up and if you make home made waffles to have with the ice cream you could freeze them AND use more eggs into the bargain.

 

OOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! I just had an idea, I'm going to make lemon curd muffins!!!!

[chickencam]

Thanks guys, looks like I am going to have a busy day

[..lay a little egg for me]

The ice cream recipe I use takes lots of eggs:

 

6 eggs, separated

175 g icing sugar

1 pt/450 ml double cream

2 tbs vanilla essence or 2 vanilla pods

 

Whisk egg whites until foamy then whisk in half of the sugar a bit at a time until the mixture forms stiff peaks. Whisk egg yolks with remainder of the sugar and the vanilla essence/inside of the vanilla pods until pale and thick. Whip double cream. Combine the yolk mixture and the cream and then fold this into the egg whites. Pour into a 2 litre polythene container and freeze. Simples.

 

I made some yesterday and added fudge pieces and a jar of toffee sauce after the mixture had been in the freezer for a couple of hours...if you add the fudge pieces at the start, they all sink to the bottom...very yummy.

[Cinnamon]

Lemon curd

 

My fab Parsai Eggs (do a search,I have posted the recipe before )

 

I did a search for you,but can't find my posted recipe so................

 

Melt a k"Ooops, word censored!" of butter in a non stick frying pan.

Cook a bunch of finely chopped spring onions in it,along with 1 teaspoon grated root ginger (I use the ready mushed stuff in a jar) & 1 red chilli,finely chopped.

 

Add 1 teaspoon of Garam Masala & 20 halved cherry tomatoes - cook for a couple of minutes then scoop out.

 

Bung in 10 beaten eggs & gently scramble, stir through the tomato mix & sprinkle on some chopped coriander.

 

Serve with chunks of buttered seedy bread,toasted.

 

this will serve 4 & is yummy

[chickencam]

Sounds yummy and could probably be made in omelette form quite easily too, thanks

 

I am going to make some cakes and some lemon curd today and maybe some pasta tomorrow

[Cinnamon]

Sounds yummy and could probably be made in omelette form quite easily too, thanks

 

 

......................its like Scrambled eggs with attitude

Great with a bit of mango chutney on the side

[majorbloodnock]

Let's not forget some egg fried rice. I'd use 3 eggs in 6 - 8 oz (dry weight) of rice, so it's a good way of using up eggs.

[BarbaraJ]

I look after kids that love french toast. I fry it then pop it in the freezer and toast it as needed. Just remember to separate the pieces with something

[chickencam]

Could you give me your recipe please Barbara

[Charlottechicken]

I've got through 7 eggs so far today, egg on toast for lunch and made a batch of ice cream. I'm going to have a go at the red velvet cake later in the week to use some more up, and will hard boil a couple of eggs tonight for sandwiches later in the week too

[chelsea]

and will hard boil a couple of eggs tonight for sandwiches later in the week too

 

I do that too, usually boil up about 10 eggs and make a big batch of egg mayo and put in a lock & lock for lunchboxes for the week.

[Guest]

i just used 7 eggs making pasta

 

 

 

 

 

 

recipe

 

http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/pasta-recipes/a-basic-recipe-for-fresh-egg-pasta

[chickencam]

Pasta dough resting in the fridge.

[sunshinesupernova]

I made macarons today (recipe in new copy of delicious magazine). That used a stack of egg whites - and I made the yolks into pasta....

[chickencam]

My pasta was lovely, but time consuming, it used loads of eggs, but loads of time too.

 

Back to cakes tomorrow

[Seagazer]

Did you use a pasta machine Liz? I've often thought about making it but would have to do it by hand. I was reading through Poet's thread and the Jamie Oliver recipe and it did seem like quite a bit of work and that was with a machine.

[chickencam]

I did use a machine. The dough is quite firm, so rolling it out by hand would be hard work, but probably great exercise

 

Why not look for a machine second hand, they come up quite regularly in the small ads etc. It is nearly a year since I last used mine so people get fed up with the storage of them.

You do however need a table or other work surface that you can clamp it to. I didn't have a suitable surface when we first got ours, but now we have a breakfast bar which is ideal.

[Christian]

My local charity shop often has boxed pasta makers for a couple of pounds.

[Guest]

I got mine from Argos, they're still doing them for £19.99

I clamped mine to my large butcher block type chopping board.

I didn't find it difficult, just took a bit of time but great fun

[Seagazer]

I've just got back from Bluewater and we've bought a pasta machine to go on the Kitchenaid that I've just ordered too

 

Can't wait to try and make some now

[BarbaraJ]

Could you give me your recipe please Barbara

 

lol not much of a recipe eggs splash of milk mix add bread then fry cool then freeze. for me i add cinnamon