Marbled eggs with Pu Erh Impérial

Serves 6 Dish
  • easy
  • 48 h
  • 10 min

As a dark tea with an umami taste, Pu Erh adds wintery, woodland and mushroom notes to the eggs.

Oeufs marbrés au Pu Erh Impérial

Ingredients

  • 6 eggs
  • 15 g Pu Erh Impérial (for 300 ml of water)
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1 tablespoon of soy sauce
  • 2 star anises
  • 1 pinch of salt

Instructions

  • Place the eggs in a large saucepan filled with cold water.
  • Bring to the boil and cook for 10 minutes. Remove them from the saucepan, then place them in cold water.
  • Crack the shell by lightly tapping each hard-boiled egg on all their sides.
  • Place the eggs in simmering water for 20 minutes with the Pu Erh Impérial, cinnamon, soy sauce, star anises and the salt.
  • Leave to cool and store in the refrigerator for 48 hours.

Tasting suggestion:

You can serve these marbled eggs with rice, pak choi cabbage or aubergines stir fried in garlic.
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