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

Cook Time10

Total Time30

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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 fresh thyme leaves
fine sea 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.