Sicilian Eggs Recipes

Steps:

• Hard boil the eggs for 10 minutes. Cool them in cold running water. Shell them, rinse clean, slice thickly and arrange in a greased, heat-proof dish.
• Peel and slice the onion, and fry it in the butter in a small saucepan over a moderate heat, until soft (about 5 minutes). Add the tomatoes, salt, pepper, sugar and herbs, and cook gently for a further 5 minutes. Heat the grill.
• Pour the tomato mixture over the eggs, top with the de-rinded bacon rashers and place under the hot grill until the bacon is cooked.
• If you do not have a grill, fry the bacon in the pan with the onions, remove it and keep it hot while the tomatoes are cooking, then top the tomato mixture with the hot, cooked bacon.

Steps:

• Sauce: Saute onion in oil in a heavy sauce pan until soft.
• Add tomatoes, garlic, and tomato paste.
• Bring to a boil then reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes, adding water if sauce gets too thick.
• Season with salt, add basil, stir and remove from heat.
• Patties: Mix together all ingredients except oil.
• Heat oil in a 12 inch skillet.
• Working in batches, drop rounded tbls of egg mixture into skillet and cook patties until golden and puffed, about 2 minutes per side.
• Drain on paper towels and adding more oil to skillet as needed.
• To Finish: Add tomato sauce and patties to skillet and simmer turning once for 5 minutes total.