Savoury Baked Eggs

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• 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 lamb
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1/2 cucumber (thinly sliced)
• 3 tomatoes (halved & seeded)
• 2 tablespoons fresh parsley (chopped)
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325°f (160°c).
• 2 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.
• 3 hard boil 6 of the eggs, drain of hot water & cover w/cold water to cool. when cool - shell, halve & set aside.
• 4 melt butter in a pan & fry the onion & lamb till the lamb is browned. sprinkle w/the flour, stir well & cook for 3 minutes.
• 5 spread the mashed potato mix in a 10-in rd greased ovenproof dish, cover w/the lamb mixture & layer the cucumber slices atop the lamb mix.
• 6 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.
• 7 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).
• 8 to serve: allow to sit for a few minutes to become well-set, cut in 6 wedge-cut slices & serve.
• 9 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.