Spanish food recipes - Huevos a la Flamenca (Eggs with ham and tomatoes)

You will need
1 small onion chopped
1 clove garlic very finely chopped
100g diced serrano ham
3 large tomatoes peeled and deseeded
1/2 teaspoon paprika
8 eggs
75g cooked peas
1 small tin red pimiento
8 asparagas tips
100g chorizo
2 artichoke hearts
parsley

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Heat some oil in a pan and fry the onion, garlic and ham until the onion is soft. Add the chopped tomatoes and paprika and cook on a medium heat for about 15 minutes until the tomatoes have broken down into a sauce. Oil four individual dishes and divide the sauce between them making two indentations. Carefully break an egg into each of these wells and then divide the peas, the sliced pimientos and the artichoke hearts amongst the dishes. Season as required and sprinkle with chopped parsley. Bake in a medium oven until the egg whites are set, approx 10 minutes. Serve straight away with fried bread, toast ot fresh bread.

Spanish egg recipes

Tortilla Espanola (Spanish Omlette)
Tortilla Espinacas (Spinach omlette)
Tortilla Murciana (Murcia Omlette)
Piperrada (Basque omlette with pimientos)
Huevos al modo de soller (Mallorcan eggs)
Huevos Serranos (Mountain Eggs)
Huevos a la Cordobesa (Eggs in Córdoba style)
Huevos a la Flamenca (Eggs with ham and tomatoes)
Huevos en salsa de almendras (Eggs in almond sauce)

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