Beet-Pickled Deviled Eggs Recipe - (4/5)

Ingredients

• 3 cups water
• 1 cup distilled white vinegar
• 1 small beet, peeled and sliced
• 1 small shallot, sliced
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 Turkish or 1/2 California bay leaf
• 12 hard-boiled large eggs, peeled
• 1 teaspoon caraway seeds, toastedcooled
• 1/3 cup mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon grainy mustard
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped flat-leaf parsley
• Eequipment: an electric coffee/spice grinder or a mortar and pestle