These are very simple basic deviled eggs. I read that a lot of people smoke the eggs before making them into deviled so I thought I’d give it a try. Oh and I want to say that I usually make my deviled eggs much fancier but I was in a hurry today. Normally my deviled eggs look more like this pictured below.

Anyways I read that people smoke the hard boiled eggs for one hour with a mild wood like pecan so that is what I did.

The eggs come out after an hour.

They look kind of tan now.

I cut them longways and pop out the yolks. The egg whites get lightly sprinkled with sea salt and espelette pepper.

The egg yolks get riced so they turn out light and fluffy without any lumps.

I use my favorite mustard for deviled eggs. Amora Brand from France. I also use a small amount of mayonnaise. Usually I add more stuff but today I kept it very basic. I thought that the smoke, Amora and espelette pepper was enough.

Pipe the yolk mixture into the egg whites.

Sprinkle with more espelette.

My husband and I disagree on this one. He thinks that they are really great and I should make them this way again. I think they are slightly too smokey……even though all the smoke taste is in the egg white. I think I also don’t like the texture from smoking the egg white…I think it shrinks some and has a different texture.

If I do them again I’d try smoking them for 30 minutes instead of 60 minutes.

At the moment my favorite deviled egg that I made was the one below.

These are my regular spicier deviled eggs with Peruvian sweet drop peppers in the centers garnished with celery leaves.

That was my smoked deviled egg no recipe…recipe idea