Savoury Baked Eggs
- 1 lb potato
- 1/2 pint milk
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
- 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
- 10 eggs
- 2 ounces butter
- 2 onions (finely chopped)
- 1 lb ground pork
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1/2 cucumber (thinly sliced)
- 3 tomatoes (halved & seeded)
- 2 tablespoons fresh parsley (chopped)
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- Preheat oven to 325u0b0F (160u0b0C).
- Peel potatoes & cook in boiling salted water for 15-20 min till tender. Drain & mash w/4 tbsp of the milk, half the salt, the paprika, Tobasco & nutmeg. Set aside.
- Hard boil 6 of the eggs, drain of hot water & cover w/cold water to cool. When cool - shell, halve & set aside.
- Melt butter in a pan & fry the onion & pork till the pork is browned. Sprinkle w/the flour, stir well & cook for 3 minutes.
- Spread the mashed potato mix in a 10-in rd greased ovenproof dish, cover w/the pork mixture & layer the cucumber slices atop the pork mix.
- Place the tomato halves (cut side down) at 6 equal intervals along the outside edge of the dish. Then place 2 egg halves (cut side down) in front of ea tomato half to create 6 pie-like portions.
- Whisk the remaining 4 eggs, milk & salt w/the parsley & pepper. Pour this mixture over the dish & bake for 40 min or till it tests done using the knife method. (If it becomes well-browned & does not test done, tent w/aluminum foil till done).
- TO SERVE: Allow to sit for a few minutes to become well-set, cut in 6 wedge-cut slices & serve.
- TIMESAVER HINT: Boil potatoes in a pot lrg enough to also hold the eggs so they can be hard-boiled & cooling while the potato & meat mixtures are being prepared.
potato, milk, salt, paprika, tabasco sauce, nutmeg, eggs, butter, onions, ground pork, flour, cucumber, tomatoes, fresh parsley, pepper
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/savoury-baked-eggs-226730 (may not work)