Lazy #2

In my last post I mentioned how bored I’d gotten with the egg.  However, after a week off from eggs, I couldn’t resist buying a bag of them.  Here in Ukraine one buys a plastic bag with 10 eggs in it instead of a carton with 12.  They are almost always brown and still have chicken crap on them.  I like to get mine from the ladies at the market because each one of them sells eggs from a particular nearby village.  The name of the village is usually prominently displayed next to the price.  This allows the buyer to know what they are buying in a more intimate way and to figure out which villages produce the best eggs.  One of the things I love about eggs is the tens of thousands of things one can do with them.  In particular is one of my stand-by lazy dinners.  I guess it is a form of tortilla or frittata, but I can never flip the damn thing without it falling apart, so I tend to just finish it in the oven.
Baked Egg Tortilla Frittata Thing

The one ingredient that is absolutely constant in bakedeggtortillafrittatathing is the potato.  I enjoy frying potatoes as much as the next person, but this is a lazy dish.  Instead of taking the time to fry the potatoes I first washed them and then put them in a pot and cover with cold water.  I brought this to a boil and then relaxed for 20 minutes.  When they were tender, I dunked them in cold water and then shucked their peels.

I cut these into slices and did the rest of my chopping.  Then I fried some fairly fatty sausage slices.  After they were nicely browned, I took them out and fried the potato slices in the rendered fat.  Instead of taking forever to fry, the pre-boiled potatoes browned in about 1 minute per side.

One of the best things about this dish is that it can be varied to fit taste, mood, and what happens to be in the fridge.  After frying the potatoes, I put them aside to cool and sautéed some onions, garlic, and some marinated roasted bell peppers that I had canned this summer.  Then I beat the eggs along with some salt, pepper, and paprika.

Once all the ingredients had cooled somewhat, I mixed everything together and then dumped the mixture into the still-hot frying pan.  I gave the pan a good shake to get everything evenly distributed and put it into a moderately-hot (375˚) oven and baked it about 7 minutes until the eggs had set.  Done.