If you follow me on Instagram you’ve probably heard that I’ve been going through and typing up my grand and great grandma’s recipes from their recipe books and therefore I haven’t been able to post as much on Instagram like I have in the past. Since the recipes are part of my next project I won’t be sharing their recipes just yet, in the meantime I can share what has been inspiring me when checking out these old generation master pieces.
Both my grand and great grandma were doctors and also great cooks. Here is the dish I created, I got my inspiration from my grandma’s baked egg recipe. Its actually very easy to make, very filling and also satisfying. I made this for dinner, but it can definitely double as a perfect breakfast as well.
Note: if you don’t have enough or any small oven dishes to bake with to serve individually, you can definitely bake in one big baking dish instead. It is actually the way my grandma used to bake her eggs.
This was my choice of vegetables to be used in this recipes, however you are more than welcome to use your preferred vegetables and sausages.
BAKED EGGS
Prep-Time: 10 mins Serve: 4
Cooking Time: 35 mins
Ingredients
1 onion, chopped
1 chorizo sausage, sliced
2 large potatoes, small diced
1/2 red capsicum
100g ham/bacon, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup peas
2 tomatoes, chopped
olive oil
4 tbsp graded tasty cheese
sat and pepper to taste
4 eggs – 6 eggs
Method
Preheat oven to 180°C fan force.
Line a baking dish with baking paper.
Heat oil in a frying pan over medium high, add in the onion once the oil is heated and then stir for 3 minutes. Now toss in the chopped chorizo and cook for a further 3 minutes or until the fat starts to run from the chorizo and then add in the garlic and stir.
Add in the chopped potatoes and ham and cook until the outside part of the potatoes starts to cook through and then add in the peas, capsicum and tomatoes. Cook the mixture until the tomatoes start to soften and then season with salt and pepper. Stir for a minute and then evenly transfer into 4 small baking dishes, top with the cheese and crack an egg into each of the baking dishes. If you’re baking everything in one large baking dish use 6 eggs instead of 4.
Place the dishes on to the lined baking tray and then bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes until the eggs cook sunny side up. Delicious!
