Watercress And Hard Cooked Egg Salad Recipes

WATERCRESS AND HARD-COOKED EGG SALAD

Steps:

• Trim off and discard tough ends of watercress. Rinse and drain well. Shake or pat dry.
• Put mustard, vinegar, salt and pepper in a bowl. Blend with a wire whisk. Add oil, beating with the whisk.
• Add watercress, egg and onion. Sprinkle with parsley and toss.

WATERCRESS AND HARD-COOKED EGG SALAD

Steps:

• Trim off and discard tough ends of watercress. Rinse leaves and tender stems. Drain well and pat dry.
• Put mustard, vinegar, salt and pepper in salad bowl. Blend with wire whisk. Add oil, beating with whisk.
• Add watercress, eggs and onion. Sprinkle with parsley and toss.

WATERCRESS SALAD WITH RED ONION AND CHOPPED EGG VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Vinaigrette: Mix together the vinegar, capers, mustard, salt and pepper.
• Whisk in the olive oil.
• Add the chopped onion and chopped egg and stir just to mix.
• The vinaigrette can be made up to two hours ahead of serving time and left at room temperature.
• Salad: Heat the oil in a medium, heavy skillet over medium-high heat.
• When quite hot, add the bread cubes and cook, stirring, until crisp and golden, 3-4 minutes.
• Remove and drain on paper towels.
• The croutons can be made 2 hours ahead of serving time
• cover loosely with foil and leave at room temperature.
• Place the watercress in a large bowl and toss with enough of the dressing to coat the sprigs lightly.
• Season with salt to taste.
• Arrange 1/4 of the watercress on each of four salad plates.
• Sprinkle each serving with some croutons and drizzle lightly with additional vinaigrette.
• Season each salad with some freshly ground black pepper.

OPEN-FACED EGG SALAD AND WATERCRESS SANDWICH

Steps:

• PREPARE HARD-COOKED EGGS THE FOOLPROOF WAY:.
• Place the eggs in a large pot. Cover with cold water. Set over medium heat and cover with a lid. When it starts to boil, remove from heat and set aside for 10 minutes. Dump the warm water, and refill the pot with cold water. Let sit for 5 minutes or so, dump and refill again with cold water.
• When cool to the touch, peel off the shells and roughly chop the eggs.
• PREPARE EGG SALAD:.
• In a large bowl, gently combine the eggs, chives, and salt and pepper to taste.
• Pour on the mayonnaise, vinegar, and mustard. Gently fold together.
• PREPARE SANDWICH:.
• Toast the bread. (Note: this is one sandwich in which the bread is commonly de-crusted and cut into special shapes for tea-time, or the prepared sandwich may be cut into triangles.).
• Construct the sandwich. Pile the watercress on a slice of the toasted bread, and dollop the egg salad on top.

EGG AND WATERCRESS SANDWICHES

Steps:

• 1. Mash the eggs with a fork until crumbly.
• 2. Stir in half the mayonnaise and the salt and pepper.
• 3. Spread the remaining mayonnaise on the bread.
• 4. Assemble 2 sandwiches, dividing the egg salad and watercress evenly between them.
• 5. Trim the crusts and cut each sandwich into quarters.

SOFT-BOILED EGG, BACON & WATERCRESS SALAD

Steps:

• Put the eggs in a pan of cold water and bring to the boil. Boil for 3 mins, then lift into a bowl of iced water and cool completely. Very carefully peel away the shells. Leave the eggs in the iced water until you finish the recipe, or for up to 1 hr ahead.
• Mix the shallot with the vinegar and a pinch of salt, then set aside for a few minutes to soften. Whisk in the mustard, oil and chives, if using, to make a dressing.
• Heat the grill to low-medium and cook the bacon until crisp right through. Remove the bacon, then brush the bacon juice and fat all over the bread. Grill the bread for about 1 min on each side until crisp, then cut into soldiers and keep warm.
• Just before serving, bring the pan of water back to the boil and add the eggs. Boil for 1 min to reheat. Toss the dressing with the watercress and divide between 2 plates. Top with an egg and 2 rashers of bacon, with the toast to the side. The egg yolks will still be runny inside.

EGG & PARSLEY SALAD WITH WATERCRESS DRESSING

Steps:

• Bring a pan of salted water to the boil and boil the eggs for 9 mins, then drain, cool, peel and halve. Whizz the watercress and oil together with a pinch of salt and set aside. Mix the chilli flakes with some flaky salt and set aside. Everything can be prepared the day before and chilled, though there's no need to chill the salt.
• Take everything to the picnic in separate containers, then when you get there, scatter the eggs with the parsley and shallots, drizzle everything with the watercress oil and season with the chilli salt.