RECIPE: Spanish Style Eggs

 Serves 3-4 people | Prep time 15 mins | Cook time 15 mins

 Ingredients 

• 6 Eggs
• 1 Garlic Clove - Minced
• 1 Shallot or Green onion – Diced
• 1 Chorizo Sausage (or any other cured meat of your choice) - Chopped
• 1 tbs Olive Oil
• 1 tsp Paprika
• 250ml Pitted Drained Olives (optional)
• 700ml tomato sauce (or one bottle)
• 5 Basil Leaves (optional)
• 200gm Feta Cheese - (or any cheese of your choice for garnish)
• Salt and Pepper to taste

• Preheat oven to bake at 400 degrees
• Heat oven proof pan (such as a Dutch Oven or heavy bottom pot) over medium heat stovetop
• Add 1 tbs of olive oil (can also add a dollop of butter if you’d like)
• Add 1 Diced Shallot
• Add 1 Clove of Minced Garlic
• Cook for 1 minute or until garlic and shallot start to soften and smell lovely
• Add 1 tsp Paprika and cook for 30 seconds or until you can smell the fragrant spice
• Add 1 Chopped Chorizo and Olives and cook for 2 mins until Chorizo starts to get crispy
• Remember to stir during this step
• Pour in Tomato Sauce and cook for 2 mins
• Make small holes in tomato sauce with wooden spoon and drop in 6 Eggs into the 6 holes
• Top with a sprinkle of salt and pepper, cover, and put in the oven
• Bake for 8 – 12 minutes or until your eggs are done to your likeness (8mins soft – 12mins hard)
• Remove from oven once eggs are done
• Scoop out eggs and sauce onto a plate (I like mine over sourdough toast)
• Top with Crumbled Feta Cheese and Basil

 
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