Eggs a la greta

Class-hors d'oeuvres ID-42 Sub- Culture-Swedish Servings-8.00

6 eggs, hardboiled, up to 8
1 pkg green peas, dried
3 Tbs butter
1/2 tsps salt
1 dash cayenne pepper
2 Tbs bread crumbs
2 Tbs cheese, freshly grated

Peel eggs. Halve lengthwise. Remove yolks and mash them by rubbing them through a sieve. Pressure cook peas accoding to chart. (Or boil in salted water until tender.) Mash them by pushing through sieve. Mix this pulp with egg yolks, butter, and seasonings. Taste for further flavor.
Place egg whites in greased shallow baking dish. Fill each one with a generous mound of this vegetable mixture. Sprinkle with bread crumbs and cheese.
Set oven to 400F half an hour before dinner and let the eggs heat through--20 to 30 minutes depending on how cold they are at the time. Garnish with sprigs of parsley and wee rosebuds made of radishes or tiny pickled beets.

Comments:
From "The Smorgasbord Cookbook", by Anna Olson Coombs, p. 64, Paperback Library, New York, 1958
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