4 OR 8 EGGS - YOUR PREFERENCE. SLICED CHORIZO - 12 SLICES DICED SERRANO HAM 100g (4oz) 1 GREEN PEPPER GREEN BEANS 100g (4oz) 2 CLOVES OF GARLIC 1 WHITE ONION 1 TIN OF CHOPPED TOMATOES SALT, PEPPER AND PAPRIKA
Cook the beans in boiling salted water for 15 minutes.
Cut the top and stalk from the green pepper, remove
the seeds and the pith from the centre. Chop into small pieces.
Peel the onion and chop into small pieces. Remove the skin
from the garlic cloves and chop into small pieces.
Gently fry the sliced chorizo, the diced ham, the chopped onion
and the chopped pepper in some olive oil in a large frying pan.
Add the tomatoes straight from the tin.
Cook for 3 or 4 minutes.
Add the garlic a minute before completion.
Add a pinch of salt, some ground black pepper and a half a teaspoonful of paprika.
Add the beans ( don't worry if they are not quite cooked - they
will finish off in the oven). Stir well.
With a large spoon, put 4 equal portions in 4 oven dishes or
Spanish cazuelas. Break 1 or 2 eggs over each one and then
mix them in with a fork. Bake in a pre-heated oven set at 180C
-350F- gas mark 4 for about 15 minutes until the eggs set.
Serve with toast or bread and a green salad.
If you do not have chorizo or serrano ham, gammon or bacon
and any sausage can be used.