Eating The Sky

This little ditty of a photo (to the right) popped up in an article I was reading about jQuery (web design code..) and I totally lost my train of thought. The only thing I could think was "I have to make that right now." And I did the very next day.

I got some Organic Valley eggs on sale, and a pound of ground beef (which was subsequently replaced with lamb since the dog ate the entire pound off the counter behind my back). I rounded up some corn starch, bread crumbs, plenty of canola oil and fresh parsley.

After that I boiled 8 eggs for 12 minutes and chilled them in ice water (to reduce the chances of a brown ring forming around the yolk, which happened anyway here since I used only cold water). Crack them while pulling them out of the boiling water to make them easier to peel.

Next I heated about 3 inches of canola oil to 350 in a small flat-bottomed pot. Mixed the meatball mixture next ie; a couple handfuls of bread crumbs, a pound of meat, an egg, chopped parsley, salt, pepper, thyme and paprika. Roll an egg in the corn starch. Pick up a medium meatballs worth of meat and form it around the egg, making sure to keep it tight and touching the egg. Roll it in a beaten egg then in breadcrumbs. Place in oil gently and fry for about 3 minutes or until dark golden brown. Drain and put on paper towels. Repeat 7 more times. My results were the photo on the left. Oh how I wish I had a better camera :)

The mustard sauce is easy. Mix whatever mustards you have together in your fridge with some worcestershire sauce, pickle juice, lemon juice, mayo and your pick of herbs and spices.

Delicious, but one must wonder what sort of sick mind designed this concoction to begin with? It's a bit, well... just look at them!