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    » Home » Recipes » Healthy Egg Recipes » Baked Eggs with Ham and Sofrito

    Baked Eggs with Ham and Sofrito

    Posted: Oct 5, 2016 · Updated: Apr 19, 2022 by Jenny McGruther · This site earns income from ads, affiliate links, and sponsorships.

    I love the richness of a true, Spanish-style sofrito - that beautiful meld of onions, garlic, tomatoes, and olive oil graced by just a touch of smoked paprika and fresh herbs from the garden. It's easy to spoon a dollop of sofrito over chicken as it bakes, or blend a little with homemade mayonnaise to spread against whole-grain sourdough bread for sandwiches.

    A super simple breakfast that comes together in 10 minutes: Eggs with Sofrito and Ham. It's SO good. Sofrito is a traditional Spanish sauce made with onion, garlic, tomatoes, olive oil and herbs.
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    6 servings

    Baked Eggs with Ham Recipe

    Prep Time20 minutes mins
    Cook Time10 minutes mins
    Total Time30 minutes mins
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    Ingredients

    For the Sofrito

    • 1 yellow onion (chopped coarsely)
    • 4 cloves garlic
    • ⅔ cup extra virgin olive oil
    • 2 cups crushed tomatoes
    • 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
    • 2 bay leaves
    • 1 sprig chopped fresh rosemary
    • 2 sprigs thyme
    • finely ground real salt

    For the Eggs

    • salted butter (for greasing the cocottes)
    • 6 slices deli ham
    • 6 eggs
    • 3 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley

    Instructions

    • Puree the onion and garlic together in a high-speed blender until smooth.
    • Warm the olive oil in a wide braising dish over medium heat, then pour in the onion and garlic puree. Cook over medium heat the onion and garlic release their fragrance, and begin to color. Pour in the pureed tomato, and then turn the heat down to medium-low. Stir in the smoked paprika and drop in the herbs. Simmer, uncovered, until the flavors marry and the sauce thickens, about twenty minutes. Pluck out the herbs, adjust seasoning with salt, and transfer to a bowl.
    • Heat the oven to 350 F.
    • Butter your ramekins or cocottes, then line each cocotte with a slice of ham. Evenly distribute the sofrito into each of the cocottes, over the ham, and crack an egg over the sofrito. Bake until the white is set, but the yolk remains soft - about 8 minutes. Top with freshly chopped parsley and serve.

    Notes

    You can make the sofrito ahead of time, storing it in the fridge up to a week. Then simply assemble the eggs and ham ten minutes before you plan to serve breakfast for a quick and easy meal.
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