Traditional Polish Easter Eggs Dyed in Onion Shells
April 13th, 2009 by Margot[pictured eggs were gift from our friends Gosia & Marcin]
INGREDIENTS
eggs (washed)
plenty of white onion shells / skins
piece of candle or small birthday cake candle- optional
METHOD
Draw designs on eggs with the candle, place them together with onion shells in a pot of water and cook until eggs will achieve desired shade, about 30-40 minutes. Places with design drawn by candle should remain not dyed.
You can also hard boil eggs first, crack the shell a little bit and then place in the pot full of water and onions shells and simmer for about 30 minutes. Let them cool down before peeling. This way you will get marble effect on the eggs, similar to this one posted here: Marble Eggs, but reddish-brown.
- Gosia & Marcin, once again thank you for those beautiful eggs
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April 13th, 2009 at 14:21
those are GORGEOUS! and the designs on the shells are so pretty, too
April 13th, 2009 at 15:13
OMG, they are stunning. Do you all have a bank holiday today too just as we have in the Caribbean?
April 13th, 2009 at 16:13
i have never dyed eggs…painted egg shells a few times as a kid as a part of some strange art assignment.. never did anything more complicated than that…these easter eggs are absolutely exquisit looking…wudnt want to eat them!! i know very little about easter eggs,so correct me if im wrong..but arent they made of marzipan?
April 13th, 2009 at 19:30
Thank you Cynthia and Heather! I was feeling sooo bad eating them this morning for breakfast. Yes, we have holidays here as well, but tomorrow back to work
Mandira, thank you for your comment. Of course they are chocolate and marzipan Easter eggs, but they are quite “new” invention. Traditional Easter eggs, at least in Poland, are real eggs decorated with, laces or paint.
April 13th, 2009 at 22:55
Oh WOW – these are amazing. Great job.
zesty
April 13th, 2009 at 23:17
I dye my eggs like this. Only I try and get enough onion skins that I can stuff the pot full. Then I tuck the eggs amongst the onion skins and the packed skins created the prettiest patterns.
April 14th, 2009 at 00:44
Beautiful eggs! Who would’ve thought onion skins can impart so much colour!
April 14th, 2009 at 01:29
This is so nice of your friends, so cute.
April 14th, 2009 at 02:14
[...] To reward myself I bought a small box of Bernard Callebaut chocolates just for me from the Easter bunny, plus a small bag of Jelly candies and had hard boiled eggs for breakfast. No, I didn’t dye them. It seemed too much work to just dye two eggs. Though next year, I may try something traditional, like this: [...]
April 14th, 2009 at 02:45
I have never heard of this method of dying eggs. Where would you find onion shells? Do you dry them yourself by cutting an onion and then letting it dry out. Do you use the red onions to get this color. I am amazed by the beautiful color and it is all natural and that is the best part. I want to try this myself! thanks.
April 14th, 2009 at 03:41
oh ok.. see i dint know that.. the easter eggs we get in mumbai are mostly marzipan…real eggs that are decorated so beautfully are quite out of my experience!
April 14th, 2009 at 14:56
Thank you Everyone, I will make sure Gosia & Marcin will read those comments
Susan, plain white onions are fine, just remove as much skin from them as you can and place in a pot with eggs. It does not have to be very dry, just peel the onion and use the peel to cook the eggs.
April 18th, 2009 at 20:35
Margot , those eggs are soo pretty
April 27th, 2009 at 12:46
Too beautiful! And so clever getting the designs on them