Coloring eggsfor Easter is probably one of the most important traditions that you need to remember when preparing for the holidays. Every year, each of us surely thinks about the way of dyeing and decorating our Easter eggs in advance. One of the most famous and traditional ways to color Easter eggs iscoloring eggs in onionsSee how to do it!
Coloring eggs in onion
On store shelves, we can find more and more egg dyes that provide intense colors in a short time.It is certainly a quick solution, but is it he althy? Artificial dyes are not organic, and their name suggests that they should not be combined with food. That is why we are more and more often inclined tonatural coloring of Easter eggsIt is a natural and much more environmentally friendly method. It is also worth remembering that natural dyes are more friendly to allergy sufferers.
There are a lot of natural dyes to choose from, but we will focus on one particularly popular method of natural coloring of eggs, which iscoloring eggs in onionsThis type of coloring is probably the greatest classic and tradition in the ways of coloring eggs for Easter.
Below I describe my ownrecipe for coloring eggs in onionsIt takes a bit more time, but the effect of dyeing eggs in onions with this method is definitely worth more effort.
If you plan todye the eggs in onions , take the onion husks a day earlier and put them in a pot of water.For a more intense color effect, you can also add red onion husks. We should also remember to use a really large amount of husks - the more shells you give, the better the effect will becoloring the eggs in the onionThen the onion shells flooded with water should be stirred and left for about 24 hours to get wet . Once this time is over, bring it to the boil and continue to cook on lower heat for about 20 minutes. In this way, we will obtain a solution in which we can confidently put eggs. These, while boiling, will tint their shell a golden shade of brown.
For this kind ofdyeing eggs in onionsit is worth using an old, worn-out pot, because the onion solution will color your only eggs but also the pot itself, which will be very difficult to clean afterwards.
Katarzyna Matuszak
