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The Hirshon Welsh Anglesey Eggs – Ŵyau Ynys Môn

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The Hirshon Welsh Anglesey Eggs - Ŵyau Ynys Môn
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Citizens, your supreme Leader and demagogue – I, the unavoidable TFD – have a very soft spot in my heart for one of the most beautiful places on Earth – the ancient and mist-shrouded land of Wales!

The Welsh have a number of delicious recipes for cheese and other local ingredients that have been featured before here on TFD and now I share with you another historical recipe from the depths of antiquity for your enjoyment!

Anglesey eggs come from Anglesey, a large island reaching out into the Irish sea separated from North Wales by the Menai Strait. This delicious dish of potatoes, leeks, eggs and cheese reflects a time when meat was a scarce luxury, similar to other more well-known recipes such as Glamorgan sausages and Welsh rarebit. Anglesey Eggs are very similar to Oeufs a la Bretonne, which is served in Brittany.

As noted on bodnant-welshfood.co.uk:

Leeks, the icon of Wales, were once amongst the only vegetables grown here. Used in place of onions, the hardy leek imparts a sweet subtle flavour and a gloriously silken texture. Make the most of the last of the leek season with this great seasonal mid-week supper dish. Anglesey Eggs makes the most of the natural partnership between leeks, potato and cheese, with added eggs for extra protein and flavour. Although it has long been part of the Welsh tradition there is some question as to the actual origin of the recipe.

Interestingly, an ancient tradition of “clapping for eggs” that had been consigned to the history books has now been revived on Anglesey.

The long-forgotten tradition, dating back centuries, had seen schoolchildren in North Wales clap their hands or wooden clappers and chant a rhyme outside homes and shops to get owners to give them eggs.

Pupils then proudly displayed their eggs at home. But the tradition, which was opposed by schools concerned about pupil attendance, gradually died out across the region and was extinct by the 1960s.

Now a school on Anglesey, where the custom was particularly popular, has put clapping for eggs back on the curriculum.

Pupils from Ysgol Beaumaris paraded through the historic town before stopping at a high street newsagent to clap for eggs.

Citizens, this classic recipe is one that you will greatly enjoy – please do use only the freshest organic eggs and look for genuine Welsh Caerphilly cheese at your local cheese supplier to make this in the most authentic way possible! 🙂

My innovation to this recipe is to use Welsh “Red Dragon” cheese, which is flavored with both mustard seeds and ale – I find it adds a great tang to the dish! You can buy it at many cheese shops or on Amazon here. I also use a touch of nutmeg in the sauce, which many Welsh prefer as well.

Follow my hard-learned tips to make the best hard-boiled eggs:

After much experimentation, I have found the necessary steps steps to turn out a perfect hard-boiled egg – the yolk deep yellow and creamy, not black where it meets the white and the whites with a firm yet tender texture.

These tips make all the difference:

– Placing the securely closed carton of eggs on its side the night before cooking centers the yolks.
– Salt in the water makes leaking white cook fast and seals cracks on any egg that may break.
– Running cold water over the eggs at the end of cooking cools them quickly to help prevent greening of the yolk surface and makes peeling easier.
– As for shelling, eggs about a week to 10 days old peel with the most ease. Start by cracking the wide end of the egg.

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Ingredients

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  • 1 1/2 lb peeled potatoes
  • 4 medium leeks
  • 600ml/1 pint/2 1/2 cups whole, organic milk
  • 50g/2oz/3 tbsp best-quality butter, cut into small pieces
  • 50g/2oz/1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 4 oz grated Welsh Red Dragon Cheese (TFD innovation) or for traditionalists, Caerphilly cheese – if that is unavailable, use strong, well-aged cheddar
  • 1 tsp whole grain mustard (omit if using Red Dragon cheese)
  • 1/2 tsp. freshly grated nutmeg
  • 6 eggs
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. To make the perfect hard-boiled eggs: put six eggs (ideally ones that have been in the fridge for at least a week – older eggs are easier to peel) in water just enough to cover in a pot with 1 tablespoon of salt.
  2. Bring to the boil, then immediately lower the heat to a very light simmer for 7 minutes. At the 7 minute mark, raise the heat to high and count down 4 minutes – it should come back to a full boil.
  3. At the 4 minute mark, drain the eggs and immediately run under cold water until cool enough to handle.
  4. If you are lucky enough to own a sous-vide machine, heat the water to 85 degrees Celsius, add the eggs, cook 20 minutes then remove them and add to an ice water bath for 5 minutes.
  5. Boil the potatoes then mash them, or better still, pass them through a ricer. Chop the leeks finely, using only the white and light green portions of the stem. Give them a quick wash, then cook them very slowly with 1oz of the butter. Take off the heat when the crunch has gone. Mix in the leeks and remaining butter and reserve.
  6. While the leeks are cooking, make the white sauce. Pour the milk into a pan and add the butter and flour plus the mustard (if using). Stirring continuously with a whisk, bring slowly to the boil and bubble gently for 2 minutes, until thickened and smooth. Remove from the heat, stir in half the cheese and the nutmeg and season to taste.
  7. If you think the potatoes could use it, add in some of the cheese sauce and mix.
  8. Arrange the eggs in a large, oven-safe baking dish. Spoon the potato and leek mixture around the edge. Pour the remaining cheese sauce over and top with the remaining cheese.
  9. Put into a 400 degree oven for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown – serve at once.
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Nutrition

  • Calories: 628.3 kcal
  • Sugar: 13.0 g
  • Sodium: 1243.6 mg
  • Fat: 31.62 g
  • Saturated Fat: 17.01 g
  • Trans Fat: 0.77 g
  • Carbohydrates: 61.35 g
  • Fiber: 6.19 g
  • Protein: 26.19 g
  • Cholesterol: 311.2 mg

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  1. Valerie Barber

    August 7, 2017 at 12:36 PM

    This is a different recipe to the one I know . In mine you still hard boil the eggs , then make a cheese sauce with whole grain mustard , chopped spring onions and black pepper added . Serve on a boiled rice bed with the eggs covered with the sauce on top . Some cheesy breadcrumbs sprinkled over sets it off a treat

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    • Claire Gibson

      August 7, 2017 at 12:44 PM

      *drool*

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    • Valerie Barber

      August 7, 2017 at 2:30 PM

      You can eat that ……no meat

      Reply
  2. Alexander Hay-Whitton

    January 29, 2020 at 2:58 AM

    Sweat the leeks and cubed potatoes gently in lots of butter under a tiht lid, then mash. Boiling them doesn’t develop that yummy leek flavour, boyo.

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