Baked eggs with ham and chorizo

(from Elyce123’s recipe box)

Source: delicious. September 2005

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 30 minutes
Serves 4 people

Categories: September

Ingredients

  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
  • 140g cubed pancetta or bacon lardons
  • 8 tomatoes, skinned, deseeded and chopped
  • 1/2 tsp sweet paprika
  • 1 tbsp dry sherry
  • 2 large roasted red peppers from a jar, chopped
  • 12 asparagus tips, cooked
  • 50g peas, blanched
  • 4 very fresh eggs
  • 8 very thin slices of large chorizo

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 200˚C/fan 180˚C/gas 6. Heat the oil in a large frying pan with an ovenproof handle, add the onion and garlic and fry over a medium heat for about 7 minutes, until soft and just golden. Add the pancetta and fry for 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes, paprika and sherry and cook for 7 minutes, until slightly thickened. Season.

  2. Fold the peppers, asparagus and peas into the mixture. Make 4 holes in the mixture and break in the eggs, swirl the white part but leave the yolks whole. Season the eggs and bake in the oven for 7 minutes, or until the eggs have just set.

  3. Meanwhile, heat a second large frying pan and dry-fry the chorizo slices on both sides until the oil runs out and the edges are browned. Put on top of the dish and serve.

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