Sour eggs

Ingredients for 2 servings:

• 1 onion(s)
• 2 bay leaves
• some cloves
• 2 eggs
• 1 tbsp paprika powder, sweet
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• some flour
• some oil for the roux
• 2 tbsp vinegar
• Vegetable broth, instant
• pepper
• garlic powder
• 200 g pasta
• Water (salt water)

Instructions

Working time approx. 15 minutes; Total time approx. 15 minutes

Pasta with pepper – tomato – sauce and eggs cooked in the sauce

Cook the pasta in salted water as usual. Have all the other ingredients and a large cup of water handy, as you’ll need to cook quickly afterwards. To prevent the eggs from sticking, use a saucepan with the smallest possible footprint. Dice the onion and sauté it in a little oil in the pan (you can turn the heat down or remove the pan from the heat in the meantime). Then add a little vegetable stock, the tomato paste, and the paprika. Mix this together, then add a little flour. This will try to burn, so stir quickly. Once the flour is distributed, deglaze it with a little water, but keep stirring. Slowly add the remaining water until the pan is empty so that it doesn’t form lumps. Add the cloves (two if necessary) and bay leaves, and fill up with enough water to make enough sauce for everyone. Season to taste with the remaining spices and then add the vinegar. Of course, you can use more than 3 tablespoons, depending on your taste. The sauce should only be simmering gently when you break the eggs one at a time into a ladle or cup (the yolk should stay intact so you can see if any shells have gotten in with them and you can then fish them out) and then carefully add them to the sauce. Now close the lid and wait about four to five minutes for the egg to cook. The noodles should now be ready too. When serving, it’s easiest to first skim off some of the sauce and then use a fork to lift the eggs one at a time from the pot onto the noodles in the plate. Sometimes they stick to the bottom. If you want the eggs to be soft in the middle, you’ll have to remove them from the heat earlier. If you want to be sure they’re cooked through, leave them in longer. However, the cooking time will increase slightly each time you check.