Recipe V 'Broken' Eggs with ham (and how to fry an egg)

Hi again guys!

I am back, back at Spain and back here with you, at the blog. It has been a really good time in the US but it's time now for being home. It's Christmas but I still don't feel like cooking something typical of holiday so I am cooking another spanish classic, very usual tapa, 'Huevos Rotos'

Ingredients (5people)

-10 eggs

-4 big potatoes (2 pounds aprox.)

-8 slices of spanish cured ham (in the US is more usual 'Parma' ham and it's kind of close so you can go for it)

-Olive oil

-Salt

-Parsley (decoration)

Before doing anything else, take the eggs out of the fridge, so that they are kind of warm when we cook them. This will be safer as it prevents the oil from 'jumping' out of the pan when we add the egg.

First, we are going to clean  and slice the potatoes. We are going to make fries, so we will cut first them lengthwise and then vertically. Like this.

Now is the moment for frying them. I fried them this time using the deep fryer because I was in a rush and there were a lot of potatoes so there was no choice. you could also do it in a standard frying pan, with plenty of oil, waiting for it to be hot and then adding the potatoes. You should do them in several batches.

We wait for the deep frier to be ready, and put them carefully inside. They will be ready in 10 minutes, maybe a little but more. Anyway, for this recipe we don't need crunchy fries, in fact we do not want them to be crunchy. Add salt when ready and let them rest in kitchen paper for eliminating the excess of oil.

Now it's time for cooking the eggs and today we are going to learn how to fry one. Firstly you have to add a nice amount of oil to a small pan and heat it till it starts to be a little bit smoky. Crack carefully the egg and add it slowly to the pan. Pay special attention for not breaking the yoke.

While the egg is cooking, take a spoon and sprinkle the yoke with oil until it changes color.
When the egg starts to be curly it's the moment of removing it from the pan using a slotted spoon. Try to put the yoke in the middle because it is the heaviest, rise it, let it drain for a couple of seconds and put it in a plate.

And there it is! Some salt, and ready. 

Now you only have to do the same with the rest of the eggs, checking out the fries from time to time. When they start to be brown, you take them out and let them drain in kitchen paper. Salt

Now it is time for the ham, no oil in the pan, just 30 seconds each side will be enough  for empowering a little bit its flavour.

And now that we have all the ingredients ready it only remains to "break" them. So you put the fries in a bowl, the eggs on top and we cut them with a knife, mixing it well. You will have creamy yoke all over it.

We add the ham and the juices remaining in the pan. Mix it again and serve it in a large dish, decorating with parsley if you want.

This is it!

And, as usual, closer.

I hope you like it. Merry Christmas!