Egg Mice
"These are mice shape boiled egg appetizers I like to serve at birthday parties or pot-luck dinners. They usually make for an interesting conversation piece. They disappear pretty fast."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (362.5 g)
- Calories 514.5
- Total Fat - 10.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 4.6 g
- Cholesterol - 28.7 mg
- Sodium - 303.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 102 g
- Dietary Fiber - 9.9 g
- Sugars - 60.5 g
- Protein - 12.9 g
- Calcium - 135.9 mg
- Iron - 3.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 97.8 mg
- Thiamin - 0.5 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Remove a thin slice from the side of the egg, so the egg will not roll over; this will be the bottom of the mouse.
Step 2
Slice the salami down the middle.
Step 3
Cut 2 thin slices, lengthwise, from the inside of each salami half, this will be the tails.
Step 4
Cut the halves in two, this will be the ears.
Step 5
At the small part of the egg and in the center, cut a small slit, just big enough to insert the broccoli floret, this is the nose.
Step 6
Just above the nose, cut two holes for the raisins to be inserted, this will be the eyes.
Step 7
Starting at the smaller part of the egg, where the nose is, cut two slits on each side, 1/3 of the way down the egg and insert two triangular pieces of salami, this will be the ears.
Step 8
Slice cheese cube in half crosswise to form two cheese triangles, one for each mouse.
Step 9
Plate mice on a dark platform and decorate with cheese pieces and serve.
Tips
No special items needed.