Baked Eggs With Ham And Tomato Sauce

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons Crisco
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 8 hard-cooked eggs
• 2 cups tomato pulp
• Salt, pepper, and paprika to taste
• 1 small chopped onion
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 blade mace
• 2 cloves
• 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
• Pinch of powdered thyme
• Slices of cooked ham
• Breadcrumbs

Method

1. 1 Fry onion, pepper, and parsley in 3 tablespoons Crisco until tender.
2. 2 Add cloves, thyme, bay leaf, and mace; cook for 3 minutes. Stir in flour and tomato pulp. Boil while stirring, then strain.
3. 3 Quarter the hard-cooked eggs. Grease a baking dish.
4. 4 Layer sauce, ham, and eggs in the dish, seasoning with salt, pepper, and paprika. Finish with a top layer of sauce.
5. 5 Cover with breadcrumbs, dot with Crisco, and bake for 10 minutes in a moderate oven (350°F).