Pickled quail eggs {horseradish mayo + furikake}

These cute pickled quail eggs are as delicious as they are stunning to look at – served with horseradish mayo, and furikake, they make a spectacular appetizer.These pickled quail eggs, served with horseradish mayo, and furikake, look so stunning, yet are quite easy to make, and super delicious. I must have eaten more than a dozen of these cute little lollipops, while I was making them – so tiny, shiny, and beautifully pink!The eggs are first boiled for 3-4 minutes, then peeled and submerged in a pickling marinade. That unreal color comes from a small beet I added to the marinade. You can leave them overnight in the liquid, for a deeper fuchsia color, or if you don’t have time, only 10-15 minutes will produce a nice shade of pink. The pickling liquid also impairs a slight taste to the eggs, which is a bonus of course, but really it’s therefor the color mostly. The rest of the flavor in this appetizer comes from two strong ingredients – horseradish, and furikake.Furikake is a Japanese se...